Launching the largest amateur rocket in the state of Colorado is quite an achievement, especially for an 18-year old. The 2006 launch of the Event Horizon is shown here in a just-released video that includes footage from the event as well as from rocket-mounted cameras.

Amateur rocket-enthusiast Art Hoag led a team, including Troy Hummel and Joe Cowan, that launched the suborbital rocket from Colorado’s launch grounds on the Pawnee Grasslands near Wyoming. Powered by three N-class model-rocket engines, the 6.4-meter rocket reached an altitude of about 3,6500 meters.

Event Horizon is now on display in the space wing of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Credit: Michael Aisner