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First Lynx Flight Delayed to Early 2013

The first flight of XCOR's Lynx prototype will most likely be delayed from the end of this year into early 2013.
XCOR test engineer Geoffrey Licciardello revealed the slip in a Q&A session during the LA SpaceUp event on Saturday. He said it is taking longer to build the two-person vehicle than expected and that there have been delays in getting components from suppliers.
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Warner Brothers Television Gives One Lucky Fan a Trip to Space on XCOR's Lynx

In what will certainly go down as the ultimate Comic-Con giveaway, Warner Bros. Television awarded one lucky fan of The Big Bang Theory a truly out-of-this-world trip...INTO SPACE aboard XCOR Aerospace's Lynx RLV (Reusable Launch Vehicle) at the show's panel session in Hall H at Comic-Con: International San Diego today, Friday, July 13, 2012.
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XCOR Aerospace and Midland Development Corporation announce establishment of XCOR's new Commercial Spaceflight R&D Centre Headquarters

The Midland Development Corporation (MDC) and XCOR Aerospace jointly announced today the establishment of XCOR's new Commercial Space Research and Development Centre Headquarters that will be created over the next eighteen (18) months. XCOR manufactures reusable rocket engines for major aerospace prime contractors and is the designer, manufacturer and operator of the Lynx, a winged fully reusable, high performance suborbital space vehicle that is designed to safely carry two persons or scientific experiments to the edge of space and back up to four times per day.
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Commercial Space Company XCOR Announces R&D Headquarters in Texas

Gov. Rick Perry joined XCOR Aerospace and the Midland Development Corp. to announce the creation of XCOR's new Commercial Space Research and Development Centre headquarters at the Midland International Airport. XCOR develops and produces reusable launch vehicles, rocket engines and rocket propulsion systems, and will create 100 jobs at this new facility.
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XCOR's Multi-Million Dollar Deal Raising Concerns

A space travel company wants to come to the Tall City but residents are concerned about the cost involved with bringing them here. Though leaders feel this company will help to diversify our economy, residents are wondering if the $10 million incentive that could be provided will payoff.
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SwRI and XCOR agree to pioneering research test flight missions

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has reached an agreement with XCOR Aerospace, Inc. to conduct pioneering suborbital space missions with Institute payload specialist astronauts flying aboard one or two test missions in the XCOR Aerospace Lynx Mark I vehicle. The flights will test capabilities of the Lynx vehicle with actual researchers and research experiments aboard.
In 2011, SwRI and XCOR Aerospace inked a deal for six SwRI suborbital flights aboard Lynx, with options for three more. Today's announcement moves the first such flights ahead of XCOR's commercial services to be a part of XCOR's Lynx test flight program.
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Four Gauteng businessmen plan to become the first South Africans to buy tickets from the country's only intergalactic space travel agent -- at R626000 each.
Brad Inggs, the owner of Orbital Horizon, said to be the first African space tourism agency to offer tickets for travel aboard a new suborbital spaceship, said the four men contacted his Durban company immediately after The Times published a story about space tourism.
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to sell rides on XCOR's rocket plane

As part of its frequent flier program, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will be offering future suborbital flights on a rocket plane to outer space.
Quite a perk, eh?
The airline said Wednesday that it would market and sell flights to customers through a joint venture with Space Experience Curacao, a government-backed space tourism company founded on the Caribbean island.
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XCOR Aerospace, the developer of the Lynx, a manned suborbital spacecraft and related technologies, and United Launch Alliance (ULA), the primary launch services provider to the US Government, announced the first successful demonstration of XCORs long life, high performance piston pump technology with liquid hydrogen.
XCOR has been developing piston pumps for space applications for more than eight years as an alternative to turbopumps, demonstrating longer life and lower cost.  XCORs piston pumps have other advantages including the ability to operate over a wide range of speeds and inlet conditions.  After XCOR performed risk reduction and demonstration projects in 2009 that validated high performance cryogenic (liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen) piston pump operations, ULA asked XCOR if the pump technology could be extended to liquid hydrogen.  Implementing rapid prototyping techniques and working on a fixed price basis, XCOR developed a single piston work-horse test article and test bench, and then successfully tested the pump with hydrogen in less than four months.  Based on this success, ULA and XCOR have begun the next phase of the project to further mature the technology.
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XCOR Completed Test Fire of the 5K18 Rocket Engine
XCOR Aerospace, Inc., announced today that it has successfully completed its first test fire of the rocket engine that will be used to power its Lynx suborbital launch vehicle to the edge of space.
The new engine, designated the 5K18, produces between 2500-2900 lbf thrust by burning a mixture of liquid oxygen and kerosene.  The engine was fired Monday, December 15th, 2008 at XCOR's rocket test facility located at the Mojave Air and Space Port.  The first test of the engine was performed using pressure-fed propellants whereas the final version of the engine will be fed using XCOR's proprietary cryogenic piston pump for liquid oxygen and a similar piston pump for kerosene.

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RocketShip Tours to sell rides to edge of space aboard XCOR's Lynx
A travel entrepreneur who introduced hundreds of thousands of Americans to European travel in the 1960's has taken luxury travel to new heights - the edge of space.
Jules Klar, founder of Phoenix, AZ-based RocketShip Tours, has announced that his company will immediately begin selling rides to the edge of space for $95,000 per flight. Participants will fly aboard the Lynx, a two-seat suborbital vehicle being built by California-based XCOR Aerospace.

"Years ago, my dream was to introduce the world to new travel opportunities at prices that were consistent with a unique experience. In 1961 I created $5-A-Day Tours in partnership with Arthur Frommer that enabled thousands of Americans to see Europe at affordable prices" - Jules Klar.

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