Known as 'Mad' Mike, a 64-year-old US daredevil pilot was killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert. Mike Hughes was hoping to reach an altitude of 5,000ft (1,525m) aboard his steam-powered rocket when it crash-landed shortly after take-off on Saturday. BBC reported that the accident was filmed as part of Homemade Astronauts, a new TV series about amateur rocket makers, to be aired on ...