Scaled Composites

Prestigious 2010 "Vision to Reality" Award Goes to Masten Space Systems

June 24, 2010

Space Frontier Foundation leaders have announced that Masten Space Systems is the recipient of the 2010 “Vision to Reality” Award in recognition of their 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge win, with a nearly perfect flight of their Xoie vehicle.

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How to Glue a Spacecraft Together

August 1, 2009

Scaled Composites Founder Burt Rutan has ditched the old, heavy way of metal-mounting fuel tanks to his fuselage. Instead, he plans to glue them in place. Article at New Scientist How to Glue a Spacecraft Together

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SpaceShipTwo’s Rocket Motor Tested

June 1, 2009

Windows were rattled and the ground shook in the middle of the desolate Mojave Desert recently, as Scaled Composites tested the power plant for SpaceShipTwo.  Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo

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50,000ft in a White Knight

May 1, 2009

September is slated to be the magic month, when Scaled Composites is planning to take their mother ship to 50,000ft, the altitude at which suborbital vehicle SpaceShipTwo will be released from.  Rob Coppinger at Flight Global 

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VMS Eve Tests Flawlessly

April 4, 2009

Scaled Composites’ Mothership ‘Eve’ has successfully passed all tests thrown at her, including in-flight engine re-starts, and flights as high as 20,000 feet.  Press Release at Virgin Galactic

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