The Mighty Eagle vertical takeoff and landing rocket vehicle made another test flight at Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Alabama today. The lander was developed by designed and developed by NASA and JHU/APL.
That had lots of posts and pictures at Mighty Eagle (NASAMightyEagle) on Twitter. For example:
- Twitter / NASAMightyEagle: Midair with no dust. Should have gotten a bunch of stereo camera pictures of the hazard field! pic.twitter.com/41Due4MqbW
- Twitter / NASAMightyEagle: Landing with style. pic.twitter.com/WtnT3aKimT
Here is a video of the test. The first four minutes of the video are just of the flight of the quadcopter with the camera. The ME flight starts around 4 minutes into the video:
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Meanwhile, Masten Space flew their Xombie vehicle in Mojave today presumably for a project with NASA JPL and Draper Labs – Twitter / mastenspace:
Great day for flying. Just finished what may be Xombie’s farthest flight. ~800m Data review pending