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Armadillo Aerospace launches "Stig-a" to near space (2011-12-07)

"The launch of Armadillo Aerospace's reusable suborbital sounding rocket Stiga. Fueled by liquid oxygen and denatured ethanol, the rocket reached close to 140,000 feet above sea level." What a great ... [Read More]

Armadillo Aerospace (2008-01-01)

Some great tests from AA. [Read More]

Really nice footage from a lunar lander prize flight (2009-10-13)

"October 7, 2009 - Masten Space Systems flew our XA0.1B-750 rocket vehicle in the Northrop-Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, level one. Both Flights were successful meeting the required flight ... [Read More]

Armadillo Aerospace flight with parachute and restart (2010-06-07)

"A four pane view of the boosted hop flight on June 5th, 2010 of the Mod vehicle with engine shutdown, drogue deployment, engine restart, safe landing." These teams are really starting to get ... [Read More]

Armadillo Aerospace going for space (2011-01-29)

"Last year we started work on a new vehicle planform, which we're calling the tube rocket. From our perspective it is a Supermod whose 36 inch spherical tanks have been replaced by 15 inch ... [Read More]

SuperMod rocket launch and crash (2011-06-19)

Ground footage. Onboard footage. "The first and only free flight of the Armadillo Aerospace SuperMod rocket, nicknamed "Dalek". It was exterminated. Instability caused by unexpected gas in the fuel ... [Read More]

The full story of Stig-A from Armadillo Aerospace (2011-12-23)

"On Sunday morning, 4 December 2011, Armadillo Aerospace launched the tube rocket "Stiga" (aka STIG-A) to approximately 140,000 feet above sea level from Spaceport America. The rocket took just ... [Read More]

Project High Jump Boosted Dart (2012-01-26)

How do I always miss the great projects? Here is video footage of the attempt: The motor failed during burn, resulting in a shred and recovery failures. This flight was one of several proposed ... [Read More]

Armadillo launches the STIG-A rocket to 50 miles (2012-02-02)

Parabolic Arc No videos yet, but I will post them as soon as they come up. For now, check out these two videos of the previous flight. Warning, the volume is loud in both. (Because they both have ... [Read More]

Stiga flight 2 - to 95km by Armadillo Aerospace (2012-02-26)

Recovery on this flight was less than optimal, but it is great to see the rocket performing as needed for spaceflight. The footage from about 3:30 until reentry shows really cool micro-gravity and a ... [Read More]

Clustering STIG modules for higher performance (2012-07-27)

  By utilizing many STIG-A type modules in a cluster, it will be possible to achieve two and maybe even three stage flights.  This can greatly increase altitude and performance. ... [Read More]

M1000 to M685 flight - Apogee over 100,000 feet! (2012-09-14)

"This is the video of the AeroPac 2012 successful flight to 104,659' AGL on Tuesday 9/11/2012. It was a two stage flight with fully commercial certified motors - an AeroTech N1000 staging to an ... [Read More]