Science and Exploration

Video: Masten’s Xombie Goes For A Ride

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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“Here’s a teaser for the weekend. This is flight 3 from our testing today looking up from the edge of the launching pad. The flight is a boosted hop to 68 meters (our current FAA waiver is 76 meters for now). This is our 7th free flight of XA-0.1-B, Xombie and our first since our Northrop-Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge level 1 win in October of 2009. Testing went very well for the day and Xombie is performing admirably. More video after the Presidents’ day weekend. Visit www.masten-space.com for more information.”

“Here’s a teaser for the weekend. This is flight 3 from our testing today looking up from the edge of the launching pad. The flight is a boosted hop to 68 meters (our current FAA waiver is 76 meters for now). This is our 7th free flight of XA-0.1-B, Xombie and our first since our Northrop-Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge level 1 win in October of 2009. Testing went very well for the day and Xombie is performing admirably. More video after the Presidents’ day weekend. Visit www.masten-space.com for more information.”

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