Videos: Morpheus VTVL rocket test

NASA’s Project Morpheus flew their Armadillo Aerospace quad-style vertical takeoff and landing rocket vehicle on Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center. Here are a couple of videos of the flight;

Caption to the latter video:

The Morpheus team successfully completed Free Flight 9 (FF9) the KSC SLF on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. This was the final flight before integration of ALHAT sensors on Bravo vehicle. FF9 was Morpheus’ highest (177 m = 581 ft, higher than the VAB & Washington Monument), fastest (13.4 m/s = 30 mph vertical & horizontal) and farthest (255 m = 837 ft) flight to date.