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 ...

Watch Video of a NASA Rocket Sled Pulling a Giant Parachute Even better than the official “Enter Sandman” video. October 23, 2014 ...

Besides being awesome (and being a way more enjoyable music video than anything Metallica has produced yet), the rocket sled also has a scientific purpose: to ease future landings on Mars. The ...

Watch the video above to see NASA engineers use a rocket sled to test an enormous supersonic parachute that could one day land spacecraft on Mars. Oh yeah, did we mention that NASA has a rocket sled?

They were strapped to rocket-propelled sleds that hurtled down a track at more 600 miles per hour and stopped in a matter of seconds. These experiments helped prove that space travel was safe for ...