{"id":2338,"date":"2013-05-17T02:43:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T02:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2013-05-17T02:43:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T02:43:35","slug":"project-morpheus-tests-may-16-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2338","title":{"rendered":"Project Morpheus tests – May.16.13"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Project Morpheus<\/a> team at NASA JSC was out testing their new lander on a tether Thursday. See the postings at Morpheus Lander (MorpheusLander) on Twitter<\/a> as in these two examples:<\/p>\n

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    Morpheus Lander<\/strong> \u200f@<\/s>MorpheusLander<\/b><\/a> <\/small><\/div>\n

    Thanks for watching! Not tomorrow, but NEXT WEEK for sure! Soon we should have a live video feed to the world as well!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    \u00a0 Morpheus Lander<\/strong> \u200f@<\/s>MorpheusLander<\/b><\/a> <\/small><\/div>\n

    At 3ft in the air, I just had another successful test fire! I’m feeling good… now I get to do some RCS tests before we wrap for the day!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The Project Morpheus team at NASA JSC was out testing their new lander on a tether Thursday. See the postings at Morpheus Lander (MorpheusLander) on Twitter as in these two examples: Morpheus Lander \u200f@MorpheusLander Thanks for watching! Not tomorrow, but NEXT WEEK for sure! Soon we should have a live video feed to the world … Continue reading Project Morpheus tests – May.16.13<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-BI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4502,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4502","url_meta":{"origin":2338,"position":0},"title":"Project Morpheus to test lander today","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Project Morpheus is aiming to do another tethered test flight of their rocket powered vertical takeoff and landing vehicle today. 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