Exploring The Frontier Of Space
NASA’s Morpheus experimental rocket-powered vertical takeoff and landing testbed is scheduled to resume testing in November after successfully completing a series of free flights earlier this year. Morpheus is one of the agency’s projects to develop technologies enhancing the capabilities and reliability of interplanetary surface exploration missions. Following successful flight testing with the Morpheus Bravo […]
NASA’s Morpheus lander testbed resumed testing following a break for the Christmas holiday, making its fifth successful free-flight on January 16 at Kennedy Space Center. The 57-second test began at 1:15 p.m. EST with the Morpheus lander launching from the ground over a flame trench and ascending about 187 feet, nearly doubling the target ascent […]
Rebuilt and better than ever, NASA’s Morpheus prototype lander successfully flew its first free-flight test at Kennedy Space Center today. Stationed on custom-built launch pad, Morpheus ignited its environmentally-friends oxygen and methane powered engine at approximately 1:30 p.m. EST for a short test hop to check out its systems before the Morpheus Team undertakes more […]