A daredevil inventor known as "Mad" Mike Hughes has died after launching himself in a homemade rocket which crashed in the California desert. The 64-year-old was attempting to fly 5,000ft (1,524m) ...

A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth. "Mad" ...

For a long time, "Mad" Mike Hughes sounded like the kind of person people talk about online without ever expecting the story to become real. He was a limousine driver, a daredevil, and a man who ...