MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A father and son from Bloomington have dedicated their lives to something most of us only get to watch in the movies. Ky Michaelson is a space and movie stunt enthusiast who has ...

Ky “Rocketman” Michaelson battles through bureaucratic red tape to pursue his dream of launching a rocket into space. Directed by Colette Sandstedt. and learned how to build rockets. And there's only ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WSVN) — Ky Michaelson’s beer-powered motorcycle is getting around Minnesota. Michaelson, also known as “The Rocketman,” is known for his out-of-the-box thinking and unorthodox ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 1964, high school dropout Ky Michaelson strapped rockets to a ...

Let's start with the living room, if only because you have to start somewhere. It can be tough to know where to begin describing Ky Michaelson's house, packed as it is with mementos, each of which ...

To look up at night is to confront the enormity of the universe and of our own insignificance. But when the satellite Sputnik was successfully launched into Earth’s orbit, in 1957, the cosmos was ...

KY MICHAELSON CALLS HIMSELF THE ROCKETMAN, which is a lot of nickname for a 65-year-old family guy living in Bloomington, Minnesota. But Michaelson has earned it. A former stunt coordinator for Burt ...

Ky Michaelson, better known as "the Rocketman," stumbled upon a simple, yet profound truth early in his life: There is no item that can't be made infinitely better by strapping rockets to it. Indeed, ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (KMSP/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A man in Minnesota built a motorcycle that runs on liquid you buy at a bar rather than at a gas station. "The people that know me, they always kind of ...

Over the years, people have searched for different ways to power their vehicles, and they found solutions ranging from electricity to hydrogen, biodiesel, and propane, which are said to have ...