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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 profiles ...

The 2009 NGLLC is well underway and we already have a winnder for the Level 2 prize, although we're not quite sure who that will be yet. In this daily we show the possible winner, Scorpius from ...

Testing an aluminum 15-inch diameter tank to its bursting point, shot at 300fps. This one gives way at 460 PSI. The point of a test like this is to see if the test tank would meet our needs in terms ...

This is the first launch attempt of Armadillo Aerospace's MOD rocket at the 2008 X PRIZE Foundation's Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge

This is the second launch attempt of Armadillo Aerospace's MOD rocket at the 2008 X PRIZE Foundation's Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge

Hover test of Armadillo's Pixel craft. The landing was slightly off to the side of where the bulk of the hover test was conducted; this is intentional, as the spot under the hover test had been ...

The first leg of the flight of Mod in an attempt to win the Lunar Lander Challenge on October 28. The first leg was successful, but the engine malfunctioned at the beginning of the return leg.

A test flight of Masten Space Systems' (www.masten-space.com Xombie vertical takeoff/vertical landing rocket vehicle, on February 12th, 2010. This flight was to 68.6 meters above launch level, and ...

SpeedUp's Laramie is fully integrated with all on-board flight system components and making it's first powered flights on tether.

15 second test flight of Lunar Lander competing for Space X-Prize. This test flight was conducted at the FAR (Friends of Rocketry) launch facility near Cantil, CA north of Edwards AFB

Masten Space VTVL rocket vehicle lifting off from one pad, hovering for 90 seconds and landing on a second pad 60 meters away, at the Mojave Spaceport in Mojave, CA. This is the return flight, see ...

The out looking camera from the pad B to pad A flight of the level 2 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. There's the airplane storage area, the Mojave Air & Space Port flight line, ...

Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Level II attempt by Masten Space Systems. This is the landing and subsequent fire from a lock down camera. The vehicle is being repaired as of this writing.

Aha! This is how they managed to go from rookie to pro in such a short amount of time!

Since I didn't have to hold an abort button for these flights, I held a camera. Here is the second NGLLC flight of 07 October 2009. This qualified us for a $150000 prize.

The second flight of the day, flight 27 on Masten Space Systems' XA-0.1B-750 vertical takeoff, vertical landing rocket vehicle. The vehicle hovers higher this time, to make less of a crater in the ...

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 profiles ...

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 profiles ...

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 profiles ...

Onboard down-looking video of the first leg of Masten Space's attempt at the level 1 Northrop-Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. Woo, rockets. www.masten-space.com

Watch Peter Diamandis, Chairman & CEO, X PRIZE Foundation sum up Armadillo Aerospace's success at qualifying for Level 2 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge on Sep 12, 2009. You can ...

The last multi-engine test on B to the first single engine flight, through the Lunar Lander Challenge when we won $150000. This is Masten Space Systems Xombie autonomous flying rocket vehicle, which ...

The final test of the Armadillo Aerospace "tube rocket", named Stig. A liquid oxygen/ethyl alcohol suborbital sounding rocket, the tube rocket will be used to fly scientific payloads to altitudes up ...

Team Masten made their first official attempt for Level One of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge on Sep 16, 2009, making them just the third team to ever do so. Xombie (their rocket ...

space.xprize.org Will Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Projects for the X PRIZE Foundation, talks about The competitors in the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

The leash is finally off of Xombie. This is a video of the Masten Space Systems XA0.1B-750's first free flight (Flight 27). It's been a busy last few weeks preparing the rocket for the Nort ...

Masten Space Systems is back to flying in 2010. This video is of the second flight of the day (1/8/10). The team is getting back into the groove of building and testing after our NGLLC wins last ...

Looking down from the rocket of our second flight of 2010 of XA-0.1B-750. Not as exciting as the view during the NGLLC flight, but we like rocket engines here. More flights coming up soon.

Here is a glimpse of our tethered test sequence. With the tied down (or tied up) tests completed, this is the next step in qualifying our Xaero rocket vehicle for flight. In addition to testing the ...

A compilation of Masten Space Systems Xoie hovering rocket robot made for the Space Access conference. A static test followed by a series of flight tests before the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander ...

Masten Space Systems Xombie rocket flies to 1046 feet at FAR. 60mph up, 60mph down, plenty of propellant remaining.

On November 5, 2009, NASA awarded the remaining $1650000 in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X PRIZE Challenge 2009. This video shows highlights from the Award Ceremony held in Washington DC and ...

Ok, so we've told you the basics on the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge and if you missed them you can head to our website and search for NGLLC. But, what you haven't heard is the u ...

Watch the highlights where Team TrueZer0 competes with Armadillo Aerospace for Level 1 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, hosted by the X PRIZE Foundation, at Las Cruces International ...

Armadillo Aerospace's rocket-powered Module 1 vehicle makes its second flight at the 2007 Wirefly X Prize Cup. For more info: www.newscientist.com

This is a compilation of clips from this year (Xombie) with a couple of previously posted videos from testing last year. There is also a segment from our NGLLC Level 2 winning flights. The shop is ...

Watch Flight 1 (with more shots) of Armadillo Aerospace's successful attempt to qualify to win Level 2 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The competition is still open as there are ...

Watch Flight 1 of Armadillo Aerospace's successful attempt to qualify to win Level 2 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. See Super Mod aka Scorpius return from the lunar surface pad to ...

Watch Flight 2 of Armadillo Aerospace's successful attempt to qualify to win Level 2 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. See Super Mod aka Scorpius return from the lunar surface pad to ...

Armadillo Aerospace's rocket-powered vehicle makes two flights at the X Prize Cup on 28 October 2007, tipping over at the end of the second one.

Moon 2.0 Join the Revolution - International Version (Enable subtitles by clicking on the small arrow in the right bottom corner of the YouTube screen) (��& ...

These rockets are from Armadillo Aerospace, and their current work on what can be termed Modular Reusable Rockets.

This video was played on Nov 5, 2009 when the X PRIZE Foundation along with NASA hosted the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X PRIZE Challenge 2009 awards ceremony in Washington DC It showcases the ...

Armadillo Aerospace Corp. flew a vehicle named Scorpius on two, three-minute flights between launch and landing pads 60 meters apart on Saturday, Sept. 12, successfully completing a level 2 flight ...

Flight at Oklahoma spaceport

A test of the Unreasonable Rocket ( unreasonablerocket.blogspot.com ) Blue Ball vehicle hovering, more or less, for approximately 84 seconds. The vehicle is a candidate for the Lunar Lander ...

This is Unreasonable Rocket's first launch attempt for the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge level one prize. The rocket known as Blue Ball made a valiant effort but ran out of fuel at the end ...

Unreasonable Rocket made their first flight attempt for Level One, 2nd Place of the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X PRIZE Challenge. Unsuccessful today, they chase glory tomorrow. Discover why ...

As if it wasn't exciting enough, this year's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge is getting more and more interesting each day! At the start of this competition season we had three teams ...

The afternoon flights of Armadillo Aerospace's Modular vehicle attempting level 1 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge at the X PRIZE Cup. October 27th, 2007, Holloman AFB, New Mexico.

Here's a recap of the X PRIZE Cup Highlights from 2007 as the X PRIZE Foundation gears up for the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

This video begins with the Scorpius module already hovering in air. Its flight path requires it to reach an altitude 50 meters (164 feet) above ground level, hover, translate laterally (move ...

The flight of Armadillo Aerospace's Mod vehicle, competing for the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Level 1, on October 27, 2007. The vehicle went out of view from the press site in the ...

Armadillo Aerospace's Module 1, an experimental rocket-powered lunar lander vehicle, makes a flight in an attempt to win the $350000 Level 1 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

Launch of a Tripoli amateur high-powered rocket at the X Prize Cup on October 19, 2006

The procession begins with the Armadillo Aerospace crane truck, followed by the Scorpius rocket module, then a fuel truck towing what I believe is a methane fuel cell. I don't know what the function ...

Team Qu8k's rocket blasts off on Sept. 30, 2011 from Nevada's Black Rock Desert, in pursuit of a $5,000 prize for reaching 100,000 feet and being recovered essentially intact. Credit: Derek Dee ...

Yet another successful flight by Armadillo Aerospace

Armadillo Aerospace Corp. flew a vehicle named Scorpius on two, three-minute flights between launch and landing pads 60 meters apart on Saturday, Sept. 12, successfully completing a level 2 flight ...

Launches of two amateur rocket launches by Tripoli about one minute apart during the Wirefly X Prize Cup on October 21st, 2006.

Armadillo Aerospace Flight at Oklahoma spaceport

Computer generated animation of Helen 2 rocket flight in Google Lunar XPrize competition