Masten Space Systems, Inc.
Building vertical takeoff, vertical landing rocket vehicles in Mojave, CA.
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Location:
Mojave Base, CA, 93502
Phone:
888-488-8455

Masten Space Systems, Inc.

 
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Isadora
Isadora
ha! publishers clearing house. lol ;-)
Sun at 2:37pm
Derek
Derek
Signed by Uncle Sam. Gotta love it! Good job guys!!!
Sun at 7:23pm
Masten Space Systems, Inc.
Isadora
Isadora
ha! publishers clearing house. lol ;-)
Sun at 2:37pm
Derek
Derek
Signed by Uncle Sam. Gotta love it! Good job guys!!!
Sun at 7:23pm
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Source: www.nasa.gov
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.
Masten Space Systems, Inc.
Michael Wallis
November 6 at 11:08pm
David Weinshenker
David Weinshenker
I never saw the solidworks model - but it sure did -fly- pretty!
November 7 at 7:42pm
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Source: masten-space.com
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 ...
Steve Traugott
Steve Traugott
Okay, I knew I was going to gaffe if I only mentioned Michael. :-P Good job Doug, Ian, everyone. Seriously -- it's written with good journalistic style afaict.
October 31 at 12:34pm
Ian Kluft
Ian Kluft
I didn't mean to take any credit related to the press release. I was just recalling a conversation where Doug was taking notes.
October 31 at 12:42pm
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Masten Space Systems, Inc. Unofficially, we just completed all the requirements for the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2!

October 30 at 12:35pm
Tim Chemacki
Tim Chemacki
Congratulations to all of you at Masten. What a fantastic job!
October 30 at 12:54pm
Derek
Derek
Way to go team Masten!!! Goodjob guys!!!!
October 30 at 1:27pm
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Masten Space Systems, Inc. Xoie completed both legs of the L2 LLC challenge. Just have to wait for the hold to lift and the team has 6 minutes to get the vehicle on the trailer....

October 30 at 12:23pm
Pierce
Pierce
Any word on the accuracy of the second leg?
October 30 at 12:33pm
Michael Wallis
Michael Wallis
Not yet but they'd have had to be out by quite a bit (1.5 meters?) to slip to second place. And it eyeballed at much better than that.
October 30 at 12:45pm
Masten Space Systems, Inc.

Masten Space Systems, Inc. The judges have decided to let us use the window we had on Wednesday afternoon for early this morning.

October 30 at 5:21am
Jeremy Goff
Jeremy Goff
YOU CAN DO IT, FLY XOIE FLY!
October 30 at 5:53am
Kristie Wenzel
Kristie Wenzel
We'll be watching!!!
October 30 at 6:27am
Erik Trimble
Erik Trimble
Fly, baby fly!
October 30 at 8:17am
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Source: www.ustream.tv
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge @ USTREAM: The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge is a $2,000,000 incentive prize program designed to build an...
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Masten Space Systems, Inc. It's official. There will be another attempt this afternoon no earlier than 1 PM PST.

October 28 at 11:14am
Michael Wallis
Michael Wallis
Find the problem?
October 28 at 11:51am
Dana
Dana
Hope the electronics glitch is fixable in one night. Good luck tomorrow!
October 28 at 6:49pm
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Masten Space Systems, Inc. Scrub for the day. Another attempt tomorrow AM after communications troubleshooting.

Masten Space Systems, Inc.
Source: www.ustream.tv
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge @ USTREAM: The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge is a $2,000,000 incentive prize program designed to build an...
Masten Space Systems, Inc.

Masten Space Systems, Inc. Tune in tomorrow for webcast of Masten Space Systems Level 2 #NGLLC attempt starting at 9am PST/16:00 UTC: http://bit.ly/ngllc09

Masten Space Systems, Inc.

Masten Space Systems, Inc. We are ready for #ngllc level 2. All tests are done. Last was a nice stable hover of 195sec in 30+ knot winds.

Erik Trimble
Erik Trimble
all systems go!
October 27 at 11:03am
Roger Goff
Roger Goff
Was the hover on tether or off?
October 27 at 1:15pm
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Masten Space Systems, Inc. Development for Xoie continues in-shop, but today we have a recap of what tanks we're using on Xoie. Take a read!
http://masten-space.com/blog/?p=397

Source: masten-space.com
For Xoie we needed bigger tanks than on Xombie, but smaller than the 36inch tanks we had in house that were originally for a four-engine design. So we kicked off two science projects. We knew we really needed to squeeze for both weight and pressure to get Xoie off the ground. ...