A DIY-rocket club’s risky dream of launching a human to the edge of space In private spaceflight, there are fewer rules. One Copenhagen group is taking that to the extreme.

DIY: Multi-stage water rocket. Contributor. 4:00 PM PDT · October 29, 2009. I know, I know. ... No sir, this is a multistage water rocket with a nose cone, and parachute recovery system.

A Chinese Long March 2B rocket's booster was outfitted with a parachute for a launch. The system provides controlled landing capabilities for the rocket. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) ...

Sixty-one-year-old limo driver and stuntman "Mad Mike" Hughes is still looking to prove once and for all the Earth is flat. His opinion on whether it rests on a turtle's back is unclear.

Hackers [Navic] and [K.o.D] have fitted an Arduino Pro Mini and an array of components into an off the shelf rocketry kit to create a guided model rocket, taking the whole idea of Arduino-based spa… ...

61-year-old DIY enthusiast and stuntman “Mad” Mike Hughes is planning his first manned launch of a homemade, $20,000 steam-powered rocket with “RESEARCH. Skip to content Search .

DIY Space Rocket Blasts Off To Success. 1:28 pm June 4, 2011 By Geeky Gadgets. ... The failure of the parachute system, while disappointing, provides valuable data for future improvements.

Watch the video above to see NASA engineers use a rocket sled to test an enormous supersonic parachute that could one day land spacecraft on Mars. Oh yeah, did we mention that NASA has a rocket sled?

“At 6,500 ft, Rocket Lab’s Sikorsky S-92 helicopter rendezvoused with the returning stage and used a hook on a long line to capture the parachute line,” Rocket Lab said in a release.

Mad Mike Hughes working on his steam-powered rocket before a test launch in Amboy, California, in August 2019. Hughes died in a rocket crash on February 22, 2020.

A Chinese Long March 2B rocket's booster was outfitted with a parachute for a launch. The system provides controlled landing capabilities for the rocket. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) ...