HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Rocket sled testing is critical to bridging the gap between the laboratory and full-scale flight tests for weapon systems under development.

Ky Michaelson, or The Rocketman as he’s known in some circles, doesn’t trudge through the frozen winter tundra like the rest of us. His custom-built rocket sled is modeled after a miniature Radio ...

The way history unfolded means we humans have specific ideas of how certain things are supposed to work. Cars should have four wheels, motorcycles two, and the best way to shoot a spacecraft off the ...

Click to open image viewer. This is the Sonic Wind 1 rocket sled, which was powered by nine solid fuel rockets with 40,000 pounds total thrust for five seconds. Air Force Lt. Col. John Stapp first ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD) has been awarded a $98.5 million contract under an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) by the Naval Aviation Systems ...

Apropos of nothing, this Mythbusters video is incredible. Wait for the high-speed footage (super slow-motion) of the 650 mile-per-hour rocket sled moving front-to-back through a car as if it weren’t ...

This is NASA’s latest project and it looks like a lot of fun. Built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the US Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, California, this rocket sled on rails is ...

Click to open image viewer. This is the Sonic Wind 2 rocket sled powered by three solid fuel rocket motors. Sonic Wind 2 was designed for windblast studies. The windblast tests were important in the ...