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Press Releases
The Countdown is ON! Xodiac Merch Coming Soon!
Celebrate, Xodiac, Astrobotic’s Vertical Takeoff, Vertical Landing (VTVL) rocket with a flight heritage of over 160 successful flights, with new merchandise, including stickers, posters, apparel, candles, and more!Xodiac merch available FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024 at 9:00am EST.Classics: Be sure to check out the latest Astrobotic logo items in our shop!Available this Friday, 07.26.24 at 9:00am EST.NEW! Xogdor Merchandise: Be one of the first to show your excitement…
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Astrobotic and U.S Air Force Announce Rocket Research and Development Collaboration
Astrobotic and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards Air Force Base have entered into a Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) to enhance both organizations’ capabilities and collaborate in the development of advanced liquid rocket engine, rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technologies, and on-base rocket flight testing capabilities using Astrobotic reusable rockets. “This agreement between…
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Watch a Night Flight – Xodiac Preps for Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge
Astrobotic’s Propulsion & Test department flew Xodiac, a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL) reusable terrestrial rocket, for its first-ever night flight. The tethered night test prepared Xodiac for upcoming flight testing with the NASA TechLeap Prize’s Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge, managed by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program. TechLeap is designed to rapidly identify and develop technologies of interest to the agency using a…
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Xodiac Flies First Astrobotic Customer Campaign
Astrobotic, a leader in vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL) reusable rockets, successfully completed a flight test campaign for the University of Central Florida (UCF) last week at the company’s facility in Mojave, CA. The campaign consisted of four flights aboard Astrobotic’s Xodiac VTVL rocket to test UCF’s Ejecta STORM laser sensor, which was developed by Dr. Phil Metzger to study plume-surface interactions…
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Your Payload, Tested and Flown! Flight Ops Live
Test your technology on Xodiac!Working on a payload or technology to support lunar or planetary missions? Astrobotic’s rocket test team can help you mature your technology to TRL 6 and prepare it for future in-space, lunar, or planetary deployments! Solicitations for TechFlights grants through NASA’s Flight Opportunities program were just released on May 2, 2023. Partner with us and we’ll…
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Astrobotic Acquires Masten Space Systems
Astrobotic announces today the acquisition of Masten Space Systems, a pioneering space technologies company with industry-unique suborbital payload testing services, which include a heritage of more than 600 vertical takeoff and landing (VTVL) rocket flights. The acquisition also includes Masten’s portfolio of advanced space technology development programs advanced over 18 years of operations.Astrobotic and Masten’s combined workforce of more than…
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