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 |
