BARSTOW, Calif. -- 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.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Mad Mike" Hughes, a self-styled explorer and daredevil bent on proving that the earth is flat was killed over the weekend when his homemade rocket crashed in the California ...

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BARSTOW, Calif. | A man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round and the subject of a documentary by two Rapid City filmmakers has died after his home-built ...

“Mad Mike” Hughes might be the Don Quixote of the Space Age. His impossible dream — to build a rocket and fly far enough into space to prove the Earth is flat — has gained international notoriety and ...

Last week, we covered the ambitions of "Mad Mike" Hughes, a limo driver with dreams of proving everyone wrong about the shape of the Earth. Alternately, Mike Hughes may be an opportunist, one who ...

He finally went up — just like the self-taught rocket scientist always pledged he would. He came back down in one piece, too — a little dinged up and his steam-powered vessel a little cracked up.

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 ...

He was aiming for 5000 feet today. The Space.com article doesn’t specify whether he made that or not. What bugs me the most is that this dipshittery was being legitimized by The Science Channel. I ...

He finally went up - just like the self-taught rocket scientist always pledged he would. He came back down in one piece, too - a little dinged up and his steam-powered vessel a little cracked up.