Rocket to Venus

In 1927, a Baltimore inventor named Robert Condit climbed into a tiny, homemade rocket and attempted to blast himself to the planet Venus. Nearly a century later, a documentary crew is on a mission to find his rocket. For this cover story in The Washington Post Magazine, I delved into the fascinating tale of an obsessed inventor, the race to reach space, and the contemporary filmmakers determined to uncover the real story. Link to the story here.