A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth. "Mad" ...

This is the spectacular moment a huge homemade rocket exploded at an annual Buddhist festival in Thailand. Villagers launched the DIY explosive for an annual rainmaking ritual in Kalasin on May 17.

For a long time, "Mad" Mike Hughes sounded like the kind of person people talk about online without ever expecting the story to become real. He was a limousine driver, a daredevil, and a man who ...

Self-styled daredevil "Mad" Mike Hughes died Saturday after a homemade rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground near Barstow, his publicist confirmed. He was 64. kabc BARSTOW, Calif ...

A daredevil inventor known as "Mad" Mike Hughes has died after launching himself in a homemade rocket which crashed in the California desert. The 64-year-old was attempting to fly 5,000ft (1,524m) ...

POCATELLO — The Idaho State University Physics Department’s annual Water Rocket Festival returns this weekend where aspiring scientists and science-loving youth will be given the chance to build and ...

An earlier flight, 2018, in which "Mad" Mike Hughes sought to prove his theory that the Earth was flat A US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the ...