News Archive / Tagged: XCOR Aerospace
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XCOR co-founder Aleta Jackson dies
Curt GodwinDecember 7th, 2016XCOR Aerospace co-founder Loretta “Aleta” Jackson DeLong died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, from complications stemming from chemotherapy treatments in Midland, Texas. The aerospace pioneer was 68.
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Three founders leave XCOR and start Agile Aero
Joe LatrellDecember 1st, 2015Three XCOR Aerospace founders who left the company have formed Agile Aero, a new company aimed at tackling the problem of long development times in the aerospace industry. This announcement follows a shakeup within XCOR which has left many analysts wondering what the future holds for the firm.
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XCOR tests out new engine for United Launch Alliance
Jason RhianNovember 22nd, 2014Private space firm XCOR Aerospace has recently announced that it has finished the latest series of tests on a liquid hydrogen rocket engine that the company is producing for Colorado-based United Launch Alliance (ULA ). XCOR has stated that this is an important milestone toward running the LH2 (liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen) engine in a fully […]