Governor Susana Martinez has announced that Space
Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, has signed a three-year
agreement to lease land and facilities at Spaceport
The company will be a new
tenant at Spaceport America ,
the state-owned commercial launch site located in southern New Mexico
SpaceX has completed
its first series of successful, low-altitude tests of the “Grasshopper” vehicle
in McGregor , Texas
and is proceeding to the next phase of development that includes testing in New Mexico
With
Grasshopper, SpaceX engineers are creating technology that will enable a rocket
to return to the launch pad intact for a vertical landing, rather than burning
up upon reentry in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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