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Stories about: Xombie

New Suborbital Rocket Passes Landing Tests Using a technology that could soon help us land spacecraft safely on other planets and their moons, a new suborbital rocket developed by Masten Space Systems managed to complete a series of difficult NASA landing tests earlier this month. The vehicle, called Xombie, was able to launch successfully on February 2, ri... 17 February 2012 02:53 GMT 'Xombie' Rocket Tested in the Mojave Desert Yesterday, engineers at the Masten Space Systems had every reason to be happy. The first rocket test of their new Xombie delivery system took place successfully, at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. In addition to demonstrating to the world that it has what it takes to build a working rocket, the company h... 8 October 2009 03:04 GMT