Daredevil Successfully Powers Rocket Over Snake River Canyon

Daredevil Successfully Powers Rocket Over Snake River Canyon
Stuntman Eddie Braun flies the "Evel Spirit" rocket on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, over the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho. Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho—Professional stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon Friday afternoon in an ode to his boyhood idol, Evel Knievel.

Braun soared over the southern Idaho canyon in a custom-built rocket dubbed “Evel Spirit.”

It launched off a steep ramp on the edge of the canyon rim just before 4 p.m. as hundreds of onlookers watched.

Stuntman Eddie Braun, middle, prepares to climb into the "Evel Spirit" rocket Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, near the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon in an ode to his boyhood idol, Evel Knievel. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP)
Stuntman Eddie Braun, middle, prepares to climb into the "Evel Spirit" rocket Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, near the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon in an ode to his boyhood idol, Evel Knievel. Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP