- Press Release Archives -

2008
April 16, 2008:
XCOR Welcomes Armadillo Aerospace Participation with Rocket Racing League
March 26, 2008:
XCOR Aerospace Suborbital Vehicle 'Lynx' to Fly Within Two Years
2007
December 12, 2007:
ATK and XCOR successfully complete test series for NASA's LOX / Methane Engine
December 12, 2007:
XCOR Completes First Tests of New 3E17 Rocket Engine
August 23, 2007:
XCOR rockets onto Inc.'s "500 Fastest Growing Companies”
June 07, 2007:
Boston Harbor Angels Invests in XCOR Aerospace
April 11 , 2007:

Air Force Awards RLV Design Contract to XCOR Aerospace

January 16, 2007:
XCOR Aerospace Begins Test Firing of Methane Rocket Engine
2006
October 20, 2006:
XCOR Reaches Testing Milestone for Rocket Racing League
August 02, 2006:
Rocket Racing League Makes Great Strides
May 09, 2006:
XCOR Aerospace Teams with ATK on Methane Rocket Engine for CEV
May 11, 2006:
XCOR Announces Steam Engine Prize Winner
May 01, 2006:
Dick Rutan and EZ-Rocket Honored at National Aeronautic Association's
'Most Memorable Aviation Records of 2005'
April 6, 2006:
XCOR Aerospace Develops New Composite Material
Feb 21, 2006:
XCOR Teams with Silicon Graphics and Metacomp for Next Generation
Space Vehicle Design
January 18, 2006:

XCOR Completes Methane Engine Pulse Fire Tests:
Milestone for RCS Applications

2005
October 3, 2005:
XCOR to build Rocket Racing Vehicles for Rocket Racing League
Aug 30, 2005:
XCOR Aerospace Completes Successful Development of Methane Rocket Engine
Aug 18, 2005:
XCOR To Fly EZ Rocket at X PRIZE CUP Countdown in Las Cruces, NM
May 18, 2005:
XCOR Granted HUBZone Certification by Small Business Administration
April 11, 2005:
XCOR Aerospace Wins $7mil NASA Contract to Develop Cryo LOX tank
April 11, 2005:
XCOR and Beyond Earth Enterprises Announce Agreement to Produce Space Vehicles
2004
November 4, 2004:
XCOR announces $11,000 prize for steam/gas engine
October 21, 2004:
XCOR Completes DARPA Contract - Cryo Liquid Oxygen Pump a Success
April 23, 2004:
XCOR Aerospace receives launch license from FAA AST
March 23, 2004:
XCOR CEO to Testify Before Presidential Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond (Full testimony here)
February 06, 2004:
House Science Committee passes Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004
2003
December 22, 2003
Text of Jeff Greason's speech at the AvWeek "Century of Flight" event
December 5, 2003:
XCOR logs 2,000th rocket engine firing
Nov 10, 2003:
XCOR First "Sufficiently Complete" RLV Launch License Application
Oct 17, 2003:
Space Coalition Urges Swift Passage of Commercial Space Act of 2003
Sept 26, 2003:
XCOR Passes Major Milestone on DARPA Piston Pump Contract
July 16th, 2003:
Rocket Industry Leaders look to Congress to solve FAA regulatory jam
May 22nd, 2003:
Former Astronaut Richard Searfoss Joins XCOR Board of Directors
April 16th, 2003:
XCOR Secures $187,500 Equity Investment from DoD Matching Program
March 31st, 2003:
XCOR Sucessfully Tests New 1800 lb-thrust LOX/Kerosene Engine
2002
Nov 13th, 2002:
Scientific American, Popular Science and Esquire honor XCOR
October 29, 2002:
EZ-Rocket featured at Edwards AFB Open House and Air Show
August 7th, 2002:
AirVenture 2002 Trip Report
July 22nd, 2002:
XCOR and Space Adventures announce new sub-orbital spacecraft
July 11th, 2002:
Another XCOR milestone for EZ-Rocket - two flights in one day
June 27th, 2002:
EZ-Rocket Flight Eleven - Safe Abort Demonstrated
June 25th, 2002:
EZ-Rocket Performs Touch-and-go under rocket power
June 10, 2002:
EZ-Rocket to appear at Oshkosh, Sponsorship Available
April 27th, 2002:
XCOR Announces New Rocket Engine Piston Pump Design
April 23rd, 2002:
XCOR Aerospace Acquires Rotary Rocket Assets
Mar 26th, 2002:
XCOR to present at Space Access 2002
Feb 01, 2002:
EZ-Rocket Attempts Touch-and-Go Landing
Jan 23rd, 2002:
XCOR EZ-Rocket Tests In-Flight Engine Ignition
Jan 10th, 2002:
XCOR EZ-Rocket Begins 2002 Test Program
Jan 10th, 2002:
EZ-Rocket flies high on CNN -
Streaming Video, Text Story and Additional Transcript
2001
Nov 12th, 2001:
EZ-Rocket Roll Out and Demonstration Flight a Big Success!
Nov 9th, 2001:
Successful Flight Test - EZ-Rocket Test Program Continues
October 3rd, 2001:
First phase of flight test program completed - XCOR ushers in the dawn of civilian rocket-powered aviation
July 24th, 2001:
XCOR Aerospace begins manned flight testing of EZ-Rocket
2000 and previous
1999 - 2000:
Archived XCOR mini-release page, early company history