On September 16, 2016, Hollywood stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho - piloting a custom-built, steam-powered rocket named Evel Spirit to clear the quarter-mile gorge -  achieving a career-long goal of finishing the jump his childhood idol, Evel Knievel, failed to complete in 1974.  Braun spent roughly three years and $1.5 million of his own money to make the stunt a reality. He enlisted Scott Truax—the son of Robert Truax, who built the original X2 Skycycle for Knievel - to design and construct an identical replica of the rocket.  Launched from a private 10-story ramp near the canyon, the Evel Spirit reached speeds of about 400 mph and soared 2,000 feet into the air. Unlike Knievel's attempt, where the parachute deployed prematurely, Braun's rocket cleared the entire canyon before his parachute successfully opened, allowing him to land safely on the other side.
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