Armadillo Aerospace Lunar Landers

clipped from www.wired.com An Armadillo Shoots For the Moon A Texas team is the first to qualify for the top prize in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge after flying its moonship twice in two hours to simulate a moon landing. The aptly named company, Armadillo Aerospace, is one of three teams in the hunt for the $1 million award. clipped from en.wikipedia.org Lunar Lander Challenge The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge is a competition funded by NASA's Centennial Challenges program. The competition offers a series of prizes for teams that launch a vertical takeoff/vertical landing (VTVL) rocket that achieves the total delta-v needed for a vehicle to move between the surface of the Moon and its orbit. clipped from www.armadilloaerospace.com Armadillo Aerospace is a leading developer of reusable rocket powered vehicles. We are focused on VTVL (vertical takeoff, vertical landing) suborbital research and passenger flights, with an eye towards eventual paths to orbit. clipped from www.armadilloaerospace.com 2008 Lunar Lander Challenge media clipped from www.armadilloaerospace.com 2009 Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2 media clipped from www.youtube.com clipped from www.youtube.com clipped from www.youtube.com