Playa Vista, Calif. (November 13, 2009) – A team of scientists from NASA announced today that significant amounts of water ice have been found at the Moon’s South Pole. This landmark finding, achieved through analysis of the material blasted from
NASA LLC Ceremony
From left to right: George Nield (FAA); Charlie Bolden (NASA); Doug Comstock(NASA); David Masten (Masten Space Systems); Phil Eaton (Armadillo Aerospace); Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX 4th); Peter Diamandis (X PRIZE); Mitch Waldman (Northrop Grumman) NASA’s Centennial Challenges program awarded $1.65
NASA and X Prize Announce Lunar Lander Winners
WASHINGTON – NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again. NASA’s Centennial Challenges program will give a $1 million
SpaceX Tests Falcon 9 First Stage
Falcon 9 First Stage Headed to Cape Canaveral for Vehicle Integration McGregor, Texas – October 21, 2009 – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully conducted two static firings of the first stage, nine engine cluster for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
Masten Space Systems Qualifies for $1 Million Prize
Mojave, California – October 30, 2009 – Masten Space Systems successfully qualified for first place in Level Two of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Wednesday. Flying a brand new vehicle named XA-0.1E (nicknamed Xoie), Masten demonstrated their ability to
Masten Qualifies for NGLLC Level 1
Masten Space Systems successfully flew their Xombie vehicle today, completing two flights and meeting the Level 1 requirements of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. This qualifies them for the $150,000 prize.
ESA’s Re-entry Experimental Vehicle
I came across this ESA animation and thought it might be interesting. After being launched into space, the IXV – or Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle – will return to earth as if from a low-Earth orbit mission, testing brand-new European atmospheric
Armadillo Crash at LLC Level 2
John Carmack and the Armadillo Aerospace team failed in their first attempt to win the Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2 Competition. According to several blogs from the site, the QUAD vehicle had an engine abort at ignition and tipped over,
Armadillo Wins LLC Level 1
After two years of near-misses, Armadillo Aerospace won a $350,000 prize Friday in an rocket contest created by NASA to encourage the development of new lunar lander prototypes. The rules for the challenge’s Level 1 contest call for teams to