{"id":5751,"date":"2013-12-17T19:41:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2013-12-17T19:41:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:41:12","slug":"morpheus-lander-flies-high-and-sideways-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5751","title":{"rendered":"Morpheus lander flies high and sideways for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today NASA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_d\">Project Morpheus<\/a>\u00a0made its second free flight and its first horizontal translation. The\u00a0vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) vehicle is modeled after\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.armadilloaerospace.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Armadillo Aerospace<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:ArmadilloAerospace_Pixel_Attempt1_c.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">quad vehicles<\/a>\u00a0and the flight is similar to that carried out by teams in the <a href=\"http:\/\/space.xprize.org\/lunar-lander-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">X PRIZE Lunar Lander Challenge<\/a> several years ago.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nVvvL2UW5Ko?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Caption:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The second free flight of a Morpheus prototype lander was conducted Dec. 17, 2013 at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 81-second test began at 1:37 p.m. EST with the Morpheus lander launching from the ground over a flame trench and ascending about 164 feet, pausing briefly at 82 feet. The lander then flew forward, covering about 154 feet in 30 seconds before descending and landing on a dedicated landing pad inside the autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology (ALHAT) hazard field. Morpheus landed within 3.5 inches of its target. Project Morpheus tests NASA automated landing and hazard avoidance technology and an engine that runs on liquid oxygen and methane, or &#8220;green&#8221; propellants. These new capabilities could be used in future efforts to deliver cargo to planetary surfaces.\u00a0For more information, visit\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/johnson\/exploration\/morpheus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fcenters%2Fjohnson%2Fexploration%2Fmorpheus&amp;session_token=CAAHeiygU4s8ojHCrrlEfNTVmZl8MTM4NzM5NTE4MUAxMzg3MzA4Nzgx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-redirect-href-updated=\"true\">http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/johnson\/e&#8230;<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today NASA\u2019s\u00a0Project Morpheus\u00a0made its second free flight and its first horizontal translation. The\u00a0vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) vehicle is modeled after\u00a0Armadillo Aerospace\u2018s\u00a0quad vehicles\u00a0and the flight is similar to that carried out by teams in the X PRIZE Lunar Lander Challenge several years ago. Caption: The second free flight of a Morpheus prototype lander was conducted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5751\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Morpheus lander flies high and sideways for first time<\/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-5751","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-1uL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6090,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6090","url_meta":{"origin":5751,"position":0},"title":"Videos: NASA Morpheus rocket vehicle flies again","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA's\u00a0Project Morpheus\u00a0flew their Armadillo Aerospace\u00a0quad-style vertical takeoff and landing rocket vehicle again on Thursday at Kennedy Space Center. 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