Here’s a video of last Friday’s tethered flight test of the Project Morpheus rocket VTOL vehicle:

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Morpheus Bravo vehicle executed another successful tether test on August 23, 2013 as NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). All test objectives were met within the ~50 second flight including ignition, ascent and a 3 meter lateral translation, 10 seconds of hover at the apex, and a slant descent to “landing” (at the end of the crane tether) using free flight guidance. The team will execute a couple more tests at JSC before heading NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to perform free flights with the Bravo vehicle.