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Rocket sled (2006-03-07)

Just a taste of what the wild world of rocket sleds has to offer! Here you see a rocket sled at over mach 4. Note the shock wave visible in air and the incredible friction on the tracks. Edwards AFB ... [Read More]

Rocket sled? (2007-05-23)

I honestly do not know exactly what this is. I suspect it is a rocket launched sled used to crash test an object. If that is the case, I suppose the main explosion would either be some charge used ... [Read More]

6,453 mph rocket sled (2008-03-20)

Four stage rocket sled to about 6.5K. Note the impact at the end. [Read More]

Rocket/jet car for breaking 1000mph (2009-07-31)

"RAF fighter pilot Andy Green intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,609km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the ... [Read More]

Rocket sleds! (2009-09-27)

Click these last two for full size... [Read More]

Rocket sleds pt. 2 (well really pt. 3 or 4) (2009-09-29)

6416 MPH [Read More]

Space Age Railroad - Rocket Sled Track at Holliman (2012-08-25)

Sorta a repost, but now it is my copy of the footage! [Read More]

Rocket sled nosecone stuffed with rockets (2013-01-11)

The Rocket Dungeon [Read More]

Rocket Sled Parachute Design Verification - The best video of the year (2014-02-27)

10/11/2013 A prototype Mars parachute is pulled from the sky with a rocket sled. The test applies the correct aerodynamic force to a parachute that is too large to fit in any existing wind tunnel. ... [Read More]

Sound ripples in cloud during rocket launch (2010-02-18)

"Perched on top of an Atlas V rocket, on February 11 the Solar Dynamics Observatory launched into space. About a minute after leaving the Earth, the rocket did two things: it passed the speed of ... [Read More]

Suicide by rollercoaster (2011-09-29)

Euthanasia Coaster from Julijonas Urbonas on Vimeo . "The three-minute ride involves a long, slow, climb -- nearly a third of a mile long -- that lifts one up to a height of more than 1,600 ... [Read More]

VERA: A low cost, low acceleration transonic impact gun (2012-03-18)

First seen on The Original Rocket Dungeon. "In the world of ordnance system development the need for system and subsystem testing under dynamic conditions is obvious. A number of approaches have ... [Read More]

Issues associated with a hypersonic maglev sled (2012-05-28)

(This image has nothing to do with the article below.  The one below discusses conventional rocket sleds that employ maglev technology, while the image above is a spacecraft launcher that is ... [Read More]

High-speed tests demonstrate space penetrator concept (2013-08-21)

These videos show payloads launched to nearly the speed of sound and then collided with sand or ice, to test an impact method on planets and moons. There is no way to survive a direct impact at ... [Read More]