Crew Of Civilian Space eXploration Team Breaks Own World Records From 10 Years Ago

On May 17, 2004 history was made when the Civilian Space eXploration Team, also known as CSXT, completed a successful rocket launch to outer space. The Space Shot 2004 "GO FAST!" Rocket, which was launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, was the first amateur rocket to exceed 62 miles, the official boundary of space. In fact, this 21 foot rocket reached an estimated 72 miles (379,000 ft) and achieved a speed of 3,420 mph in only 10 seconds.

Flash forward 10 years to present day, with the help of Denver, CO sponsor GO FAST!, CSXT came together again with their original crew to launch another rocket and face the challenge of breaking their preceding record.

Over the years there have be numerous attempts by others to reach this record and/or break it, but none have been able to achieve that goal. 10 years ago the rocket reached Mach 5.5, but this year CSXT was looking to go faster and farther. It has now officially been confirmed that the CSXT GO FAST! 2014 Rocket reached 385,800 feet above mean sea level (73.1 miles) and hit a top speed of 3,580 miles per hour, which are both new World Records. Along with those two records, they also accomplished having the first photo taken from space onboard an amateur rocket and are now the second amateur rocket in history to reach space. This means that the only two amateur rockets to have reached space have been the CSXT's GO FAST! rockets.

The CSXT GO FAST! 2014 rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere and landed about 30 miles away from the launch point and took weeks from the launch date for the CSXT team to locate and recover it. Onboard the vehicle contained the recorded altitude and speed data which was needed to determine if they had broken their preceding World Records.

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