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Artist’s concept of DARPA Experimental Spaceplane XS-1 deploying satellites to low-Earth orbit. Credit: DARPA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is moving forward with its goal of developing the next generation XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane aimed at creating a fully reusable unmanned vehicle to launch small payloads into orbit at radically lower costs. […] A Xombie technology demonstrator from Masten Space Systems. Photo Credit: NASA / Masten It’s frustrating to make it all the way to Mars, only to land in the wrong spot. So as Masten Space Systems tests its Xombie vertical-launch-vertical-landing rocket prototype on Earth, engineers are also examining a software solution to make Red […] Guided by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory’s GENIE navigation and control system, Xombie performs its perfect test-flight on 25 March, reaching a peak altitude of more than 1,600 feet and translating laterally by almost 1,000 feet. Photo Credit: NASA/Masten Space Systems Masten Space Systems has successfully test-flown its Xombie space-access technology demonstrator to a […] Image Credit: NASA’s Commercial Space Partners In yet another effort to strengthen ties with emerging commercial space companies, NASA has tapped 13 technology payloads to fly on commercial vehicles as part of its Flight Opportunities program. These range from rockets and space planes to balloons. NASA hopes that these flights will allow those […] Space Florida and the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium hosted a work shop on space flight payloads this week in Cocoa, Florida. Photo Credit: Julian Leek / Blue Sawtooth Studios Space Florida and the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium sponsored the first Space Flight Payloads Workshop at the Florida Solar Energy Center in […] GENIE and Xombie on the pad: Masten Space Systems' Xombie rocket with Draper Laboratory's GENIE flight control system rests on its launch pad at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Photo Credit: Draper Lab MOJAVE, Calif. – The first successful free flight of a new rocket-powered vertical landing demonstrator occurred recently […] |
 Next Launch Landsat 9 on a Atlas V 401 rocket from Vandenberg AFB, CA scheduled for: 27 Sep 21 at 18:11 GMT 27 Sep 21 at 11:11am Pacific 27 Sep 21 at 2:11pm Eastern 
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