This discovery can trace its roots back to the expeditions to the Black Rock Desert to train for the search and recovery of the first amateur rocket launch to space.

The page presents evidence for a 30×40 mile elliptical impact crater that surrounds part of the Black Rock Desert. Observations presented include rock samples, photographs [...]

Some of you may have seen the news story on Friday, December 24, about the asteroid “2004 MN4″ which said that it has a greater than 1% chance of colliding
with the Earth in 2029. It was rated Level 4 (out of 10) on the
“Torino Scale”, a state of alert which had never been reached [...]

The missing booster has been recovered from the CSXT/GoFast rocket that was the first private-funded launch to space on May 17 at Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. The nose cone was found in 24 hours, and that had the electronics necessary to prove the successful space flight. But no signals were heard from the [...]

Armadillo Aerospace, led by John Carmack, made a vertical-takeoff-vertical-landing (VTVL) rocket test flight on Sat Aug 7. John’s report describes a story of lessons learned and dramatic video of the vehicle crashing. However, if you want to know what a successful rocket hover flight should look like, refer back to the notes and [...]