The Day an Amateur Rocket Climbed 23 Miles in One Minute October 27, 2016 Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) By Andrea James / 10.27.2016 Five years ago, Derek Deville launched an amateur rocket into the stratosphere in less than a minute. It still stands as a remarkable achievement, and the onboard camera gives a dizzying sense of the speed and height. Like this:Like Loading... Continue Reading Previous: Engineers Design Ultralow Power Transistors that Could Function for Years without a BatteryNext: Turning Diamonds’ Defects into Long-Term 3D Data Storage