Onboard Xombie rocket video, engage the air brake - 2010.03.20

The view from a camera near the control bunker and two onboard cameras. Masten Space Systems XA-0.1B-750 rocket, aka Xombie, flies to over 1000 feet before coming down and landing almost exactly where it took off from. The rocket flies completely autonomously, using differential GPS and a six-axis inertial measurement unit. We click go on a laptop, and it flies itself. Runs on isopropyl alcohol and liquid oxygen, about as forgiving as you can get in rocket propellants. You could stick your hand in either.

Author bbrockert
Duration 65 seconds
Rating Best

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