ERPS members fly the KISS Beta test vehicle at Fresno Tripoli HPR meet.
Members of ERPS check out the static engine test facilities at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry site in Mojave.
About a dozen ERPS members got a tour of SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.
E.R.P.S. members from the K.I.S.S. vehicle team prep the static stand at F.A.R. for an engine firing.
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.
SpaceX announced recently that it would be integrating a stripped-down test version of its own Dragon cargo capsule as the payload for its first Falcon 9 test launch. The Falcon 9 rocket is currently scheduled to launch on November 29
Mojave, California – September 21, 2009 – Masten Space Systems successfully demonstrated multiple sustained free flights of its XA-0.1B vertical take-off, vertical landing (VTVL) rocket this past week. The longest flight was 93 seconds and involved a flight between two
Armadillo Aerospace has officially completed the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2, on a rainy day at Caddo Mills, Texas. Reports came in from various locations during the day and spectators posted videos and images using social networking
2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Competition Winning Attempts Scheduled Playa Vista, CA (August 25, 2009) – “ The X PRIZE Foundation announced today that three teams have registered to make attempts to win the $1.65 million still available in
Last week I sent off a submission to the Augustine Human Spaceflight Review Commission, proposing a prize fund to encourage entrepreneurial development of single stage vehicles that could finally let the beleaguered taxpayer actually get to space. The proposal was
XCOR has completed subsonic wind tunnel testing of a 1/16th scale metal model of their Lynx suborbital vehicle at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.
Attending: Michael W., Julie P., Dan S., Stellan L., Ed S., Chris McK. Call to order: The meeting was called to order by Vice-President Julie P. at 20:28 on Jul 21th, 2009
In February of 1997, Mitchell Burnside-Clapp posted a vehicle dsign study to the sci.space.policy Usenet Newsgroup. It was based on a NASA Access To Space study and looked at the same vehicle design but using higher density LO2/Kerosene propellants and
Attending: Dan S., Gerald N., Dave W., Julie P., Stellan L., Michael W. Call to order: The meeting was called to order by President Dave W. at 22:24 on Jun 16th, 2009