Armadillo Flies First Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Flight

Armadillo Aerospace’s first of two flights to win the second phase of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge has succeeded, although there may have been a problem: Tweets from Jeff Foust and Peter Diamandis from the launch site:

RT: @jeff_foust “good nominal flight” says Carmack on the radio. One down, one to go. #ngllc 1 minute ago from Twitterrific

RT: @jeff_foust Sounds like there may have been an issue with the roll thrusters during the flight, based on radio chatter.

RT: @PeterDiamandis Landed! looks like a perfect flight. i was standing 500 ft away. loud!! #NGLLC