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Touch and Go For EZ-Rocket In Landing Test
Mojave - June 25, 2002 XCOR Aerospace said Tuesday that its rocket engine test-bed, the XCOR EZ-Rocket, performed a "touch-and-go" maneuver, yesterday, Monday, June 24, at their test facility at the Mojave Airport in Mojave, CA. The "touch-and-go" maneuver was the first time ever for a rocket-powered airplane The EZ-Rocket took off at 7:40 am and as XCOR test pilot Dick Rutan flew over the Mojave Airport he shut down both engines in flight. Rutan then brought the plane in to a power off landing on runway 30, touched down and rolled along the runway for several hundred feet. Rutan reignited the engines and took off, completing the "touch-and-go". The tenth flight of the EZ-Rocket lasted seven minutes 47 seconds and reached an altitude of 5,850 ft.(1783 meters). "Being able to perform a 'touch-and-go' further demonstrates our goal of safe and routine rocket-powered vehicle operation," said Jeff Greason, XCOR's CEO. "If you are going to fly with any kind of regularity you need to be able to safely abort a landing. The ability to reignite the engines and change your initial landing dramatically increases the safety of the vehicle allowing more routine operations. The EZ-Rocket's 'touch-and-go' helps demonstrate our capabilities." XCOR's test pilot, Dick Rutan, Lt. Col. USAF Ret., will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame this summer. Rutan is a decorated combat pilot and is world renowned for the non-stop, round the world Voyager flight. The EZ-Rocket is America's first privately built, liquid fueled, rocket powered airplane and has set major milestones demonstrating routine operations of a rocket-powered vehicle. XCOR will demonstrate the EZ-Rocket during AirVenture 2002 in Oshkosh, WI. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links XCOR Aerospace AirVenture 2002 SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Rocket Science News at Space-Travel.Com
Successful First Test For Vega's Zefiro 9 Engine
Paris, France(ESA) Dec 28, 2005Flames, smoke and a deafening noise accompanied the first firing test of Vega's Zefiro 9 third-stage solid rocket motor. A first examination of the data indicates that everything went well at the test carried out yesterday at Salto de Quirra in southeast Sardinia. |
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