2009-09-17 NASA
Masten Space Systems unsuccessfully attempted a Level 1 flight on Sept. 16 as part of the Centennial Challenges - Lunar Lander Challenge at the company’s test facility at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port.....
2009-09-16 Cosmic Log - msnbc.com
Masten Space Systems' Xombie rocket got halfway through a round-trip flight in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge....
2009-09-16 Space.com
A privately-built rocket nicknamed Xombie suffered an apparent engine leak Wednesday that stalled its attempt to win $150,000 in a NASA contest to fly mock moon landers....
2009-09-16 Parabolic Arc
Masten Space System’s Xombie vehicle successfully completed one test flight today at the Mojave Air & Space Port in an effort to capture second prize in the first phase of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge...
2009-09-13 Spaceports
Mojave, California-based Systems (IOS) announced Saturday that it is developing a two-person orbital crew module as an addition to its orbital tourism operations to loft in late 2011 aboard the company’s modular NEPTUNE 1000 rocket...
2009-09-03 Mojave Desert News
MOJAVE - A company whose name recalls the innovative beginnings of aviation was honored as "Business of the Month" ...
2009-09-03 Space Travel
XCOR Aerospace reports that it has reached several significant milestones in the 5K18 rocket engine test program...
2009-09-02 Space Fellowship
The killer app for private spaceflight, at least once the millionaires and celebrities have had their turn, may well be scientific research....
2009-08-21 Cosmic Log - msnbc.com
Hyperbola has heard that following the rocket motor tests that Virgin Galactic publicised with videos earlier this year, and its prime contractor Scaled Composites ...
2009-08-05 Hyperbola
Hyperbola has heard that following the rocket motor tests that Virgin Galactic publicised with videos earlier this year, and its prime contractor Scaled Composites ...
2009-08-03 The Space Review
A crowd gathers around WhiteKnightTwo after it lands in Oshkosh for the EAA AirVenture show last week...
2009-08-02 The Independent - UK
A cash injection from Abu Dhabi turns Virgin Galactic from a flight of fancy into a serious businesss...
2009-07-29 62 Mile Club
Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments and Virgin Group today announced that they have agreed to enter a strategic partnership, which will see Aabar take an equity stake in the world's first commercial spaceline ...
2009-07-25 Mojave Desert News
MOJAVE AIRPORT - Bids will be opened at the Mojave Airport/Spaceport Thursday, July 23rd, on a major project to upgrade the "apron," or flightline ramp at the airport. To be funded by the Federal Aviation Administration,...
2009-07-23 Antelope Valley Press
MOJAVE - The East Kern Airport District, which governs the Mojave Air and Space Port, created one new staff position Tuesday ...
2009-07-20 Antelope Valley Press
MOJAVE - The Mojave Air and Space Port exemplified its name Saturday with airplanes, rockets and rocket planes on display for eager crowds ...