{"id":4109,"date":"2013-08-23T12:35:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T12:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4109"},"modified":"2013-08-23T12:35:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T12:35:28","slug":"project-morpheus-flight-testing-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4109","title":{"rendered":"Project Morpheus flight testing today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NASA JSC <a href=\"http:\/\/morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_d\">Project Morpheus<\/a> is out today for another tethered flight test of their vertical takeoff and landing rocket vehicle &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorpheusLander\/status\/370869117869240320\/photo\/1\" target=\"_d\">Twitter \/ MorpheusLander: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sporting a good luck halo this morning, so it must be a great day for a tether test! Follow along for updates! <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/VzYUc4tS5D\" data-pre-embedded=\"true\">pic.twitter.com\/VzYUc4tS5D<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorpheusLander\/status\/370872190855421952\/photo\/1\" target=\"_d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morpheus lander on way to test pad\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/BSWaSumCIAA-OFV.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Follow updates throughout the day at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorpheusLander\" target=\"_d\">Morpheus Lander (MorpheusLander) on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NASA JSC Project Morpheus is out today for another tethered flight test of their vertical takeoff and landing rocket vehicle &#8211; Twitter \/ MorpheusLander: Sporting a good luck halo this morning, so it must be a great day for a tether test! Follow along for updates! pic.twitter.com\/VzYUc4tS5D Follow updates throughout the day at Morpheus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4109\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Project Morpheus flight testing today<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4109","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-14h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3310,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3310","url_meta":{"origin":4109,"position":0},"title":"Morpheus Lander active today [Update 2]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Project Morpheus plans a tethered flight test today - Twitter \/ MorpheusLander: Rise & shine friends! 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