He routinely pumps up the audience with a 20-minute speech before climbing into a cannon, according to his website. Valencia was launched about 65 feet high at 55 mph across a distance of 165 feet ...

Chachi "The Rocketman" Valencia narrowly escaped more serious injury after his human cannonball performance in California ...

Elton John’s 1972 hit “Rocket Man” might seem adequately melancholy on its own, but the short story that inspired it is even more devastating. As has always been the case with John ...