{"id":6159,"date":"2014-01-22T03:01:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T03:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2014-01-22T03:01:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T03:01:34","slug":"video-nasa-morpheus-rocket-vehicles-latest-free-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6159","title":{"rendered":"Video: NASA Morpheus rocket vehicle&#8217;s latest free flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_d\">Project Morpheus<\/a>\u00a0flew yet again their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.armadilloaerospace.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Armadillo Aerospace<\/a>\u00a0quad-style vertical takeoff and landing rocket vehicle today at Kennedy Space Center. This was\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">4th free flight of the &#8220;Bravo&#8221; vehicle,<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0which\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>reached 93m (305ft) altitude, then traversed 109m (358ft) in 25 seconds before landing in the Hazard Field. Bravo flew its pre-planned trajectory flawlessly, reaching a max ascent velocity of 11.4 m\/s (25.5 mph), and landing within 0.38m (15&#8243;) from its intended target 64 seconds after launch. Landing was obscured by dust, as expected, due to the Shuttle crawler-way fines covering the landing pad, but telemetry data indicated the landing and engine shutdown were nominal. The Morpheus Team again demonstrated engineering and operational excellence, relying upon training, experience and discipline to ensure a successful flight test.<\/p><\/blockquote>\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\/fG5FXAZd-Xg?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s\u00a0Project Morpheus\u00a0flew yet again their\u00a0Armadillo Aerospace\u00a0quad-style vertical takeoff and landing rocket vehicle today at Kennedy Space Center. This was\u00a04th free flight of the &#8220;Bravo&#8221; vehicle,\u00a0which\u00a0 reached 93m (305ft) altitude, then traversed 109m (358ft) in 25 seconds before landing in the Hazard Field. Bravo flew its pre-planned trajectory flawlessly, reaching a max ascent velocity of 11.4 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6159\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: NASA Morpheus rocket vehicle&#8217;s latest free flight<\/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-6159","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-1Bl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6435,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6435","url_meta":{"origin":6159,"position":0},"title":"Video: NASA Morpheus rocket vehicle&#8217;s 5th free flight","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA\u2019s\u00a0Project Morpheus\u00a0flew their\u00a0Armadillo Aerospace\u00a0quad-style vertical takeoff and landing rocket vehicle today at Kennedy Space Center. 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