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Masten Space Systems was an aerospace manufacturer startup company in Mojave, California (formerly in Santa Clara, California) that is developing a line of vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) rockets, initially for uncrewed research sub-orbital spaceflights and eventually intended to support robotic orbital spaceflight launches. In 2020, NASA awarded Masten a contract for a lunar lander mission; NASA is to pay Masten US$75.9 million for Masten to build and launch a lander called XL-1 to take NASA and other customer payloads to the south pole of the Moon. Masten Mission One will be Masten's first space flight; it is scheduled for launch in November 2023. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 28 July 2022. The company would later be purchased by Astrobotic Technology on 11 September 2022.

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  2. "Masten and Armadillo Claim Lunar Lander Prizes". Centennial Challenges: NASA's Prize Program for the "Citizen Inventor". NASA. 2009-11-02. http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/innovation_incubator/centennial_challenges/cc_ll_feature_lvl2.html. "In the Level One competition, Armadillo Aerospace previously claimed the first-place prize of $350,000 in 2008. Masten Space Systems qualified for the remaining second-place prize on 7 October 2009, with an average landing accuracy of 16 cm. There were no other qualifying Level One flight this year and so the Masten team will receive the second-place prize of $150,000." 
  3. "Masten Qualifies for $1 Million Prize". October 30, 2009. http://thelaunchpad.xprize.org/2009/10/masten-qualifies-for-1-million-prize.html. 
  4. "Masten and Armadillo Claim Lunar Lander Prizes". Centennial Challenges: NASA's Prize Program for the "Citizen Inventor". NASA. 2009-11-02. http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/innovation_incubator/centennial_challenges/cc_ll_feature_lvl2.html. "With only a few days remaining in the 2009 competition period, Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California successfully met the Level Two requirements for the Centennial Challenges - Lunar Lander Challenge and by posting the best average landing accuracy, won the first-place prize of $1,000,000. The flights were conducted with their "Xoie" (XA-0.1E) vehicle on October 30 at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Armadillo Aerospace, the long-time leader in Lunar Lander Challenge efforts, was the first team to qualify for the Level Two prize with successful flights on Sept. 12 in Caddo Mills, Texas. The average landing accuracy determines which teams will receive first and second place prizes. The average accuracy for Armadillo Aerospace flights was 87 cm. but the Masten team achieved an accuracy of 19 cm, moving them into first place. Armadillo Aerospace will receive the $500,000 second-place prize." 
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  9. Foust, Jeff (23 June 2021). "Masten delays first lunar lander mission". SpaceNews. https://spacenews.com/masten-delays-first-lunar-lander-mission/. 
  10. Goff, Jonathan (April 17, 2009). "Post Space Access Technical Update". http://masten-space.com/blog/?p=266. 
  11. Mealling, Michael (2009-09-08). "Masten Space Systems Successfully Completes Lunar Lander Challenge". http://masten.aero/2009/10/masten-space-systems-successfully-completes-lunar-lander-challenge/. 
  12. Mealling, Michael (September 19, 2009). "First Successful Free Flight". http://masten-space.com/blog/?p=345. 
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  14. Williams, Leslie; Webster, Guy; Anderson, Gina (4 October 2016). "NASA Flight Program Tests Mars Lander Vision System". NASA. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6635. 
  15. Renee Eng (April 7, 2017). "Masten Space Systems Wins NASA Contract". Spectrum News. http://www.twcnews.com/ca/antelope-valley/news/2017/04/7/masten-space-systems-wins-nasa-contract.html. 
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  17. "Masten Qualifies for $1 Million Prize; Unreasonable Rocket Completes 1st Attempt". October 30, 2009. http://thelaunchpad.xprize.org/2009/10/masten-qualifies-for-1-million-prize.html. 
  18. "Flight Opportunities - Xaero". NASA. 2013-06-10. https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/platforms/suborbital/xaero/. 
  19. "Meet Xaero". 2010-12-06. http://masten.aero/2010/12/meet-xaero/. 
  20. "Suborbital Firms Have Mixed Results in Tests". Space News. 2011-07-05. http://spacenews.com/suborbital-firms-have-mixed-results-tests/. 
  21. Paur, Jason (2012-09-14). "Masten Space Systems Loses Rocket After Record Flight". Wired Magazine. https://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/09/masten-loses-rocket/. 
  22. Norris, Guy (2012-09-13). "Masten Xaero Destroyed During Test Flight". Aviation Week. http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_09_13_2012_p0-495175.xml. 
  23. "Masten Space Systems Introduces Xodiac and XaeroB Next Generation Reusable Rockets". SpaceRef. 8 June 2016. http://spaceref.biz/company/masten-space-systems-introduces-xodiac-and-xaerob-next-generation-reusable-rockets.html. 
  24. "Xaero B Rises". Masten - Blog. 18 March 2016. http://masten.aero/2013/03/xaero-b-rises/. 
  25. Norris, Guy (Apr 10, 2013). "Masten Starts Xaero B Rocket Tests". Aviation Week. http://aviationweek.com/space/masten-starts-xaero-b-rocket-tests. 
  26. Doug Messier (May 11, 2017). "Masten's Xaero-B Damaged in Flight Test". Parabolic Arc. http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/11/mastens-xaerb-damaged-flight-test. 
  27. "Masten Unveils Two New Reusable Rockets". 8 June 2016. http://www.popsci.com/masten-announces-completion-two-new-suborbital-rockets. 
  28. "Introducing Xodiac and XaeroB" (in en-US). 2016-06-07. http://masten.aero/2016/06/xodiac-xaerob/. 
  29. Doug Messier. "Blue Origin, Masten Vehicles Drive the Highway to Space". http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/02/18/blue-origin-masten-vehicles-drive-highway-space/#more-67794. 
  30. "Xodiac Tuft Testing". Masten Space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgEg23iGJIU. 
  31. "Masten Kicks Off Development of Xogdor, our Newest Rocket with Supersonic Speed". Masten Space Systems. August 25, 2021. https://masten.aero/blog/masten-kicks-off-development-for-xogdor-rocket/. 
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  35. Lindsay, Clark (2012-12-11). "Masten Space test fires new Katana engine". NewSpace Watch. http://newspacewatch.com/articles/masten-space-test-fires-new-katana-engine.html. 
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  37. George Sowers (December 15, 2015). "Transportation Architecture for Cislunar Space". http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Published_Papers/Commercial_Space/SSP_12_15_sowers.pdf. 
  38. Barr, Jonathan (2015). "ACES Stage Concept: Higher Performance, New Capabilities, at a Lower Recurring Cost". AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference & Exposition. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. pp. 5, 6. http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Published_Papers/Upper_Stages/ACES-Stage_Concept-AIAASpace_2015.pdf. Retrieved 18 March 2016. 
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  40. Tory Bruno. "@A_M_Swallow @ULA_ACES We intend to human rate Vulcan/ACES". https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/770579558726668288. 
  41. "Tory Bruno will be a guest on the Space Show July 23 at 2PM Pacific". 23 July 2018. https://www.reddit.com/r/ula/comments/917ddl/tory_bruno_will_be_a_guest_on_the_space_show_july. 
  42. Masten Space Systems. "1st order design model of our XL-1 lunar lander ACS thruster. 3D printed 1:1 scale 15N". Twitter. https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/625797089369309184. 
  43. "Masten's Green Bipropellant: MXP-351". 23 March 2017. http://masten.aero/2017/03/introducing-mastens-green-bipropellant-mxp-351. 
  44. "XL-1T". Masten Space Systems. http://masten.aero/vehicles-2/xl-1t. 
  45. "Same run - different angle @NASAexplores #CATALYST (Side view of MXP-351 propellant test video)". Masten Space. https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785857465296584706. 
  46. "MXP-351 is our internal designation for the biprop combo. We intend to use this biprop with our small lunar landers.". Masten Space. https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785872380627267584. 
  47. "Sort of. We were testing the propellant combo and an injector design. The actual lunar engines are 3D printed and regen". Masten Space. https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785881558863323137. 
  48. Erin Mahoney (2017-10-31). "NASA Extends Agreements to Advance Commercial Lunar Landers". https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-extends-agreements-to-advance-commercial-lunar-landers. 
  49. Colin Ake. "Blog - NASA Selects Masten for Moon Delivery". https://www.masten.aero/blog/. 
  50. "NASA Awards Contract to Deliver Science, Tech to Moon Ahead of Human Missions". NASA. 8 April 2020. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-contract-to-deliver-science-tech-to-moon-ahead-of-human-missions.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  51. SpaceX to Launch Masten Lunar Mission in 2022. Meagan Crawford, Masten Press Release. August 26, 2020. https://www.masten.aero/blog/spacex/
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  53. Doug Messier. "DARPA Picks Boeing for XS-1 Program". Parabolic Arc. http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/24/darpa-picks-boeing-xs1-program/#more-61644. 
  54. "Masten Space Systems Products". November 1, 2009. http://masten-space.com/products-hardware.html. 
  55. Gina Anderson (February 22, 2017). "NASA Establishes New Public-Private Partnerships to Advance U.S. Commercial Space Capabilities". NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-establishes-new-public-private-partnerships-to-advance-us-commercial-space. 
  56. "Masten Achieves First Hot-Fire of Broadsword Rocket Engine". 30 September 2016. http://masten.aero/2017/05/masten-achieves-first-hot-fire-of-broadsword-rocket-engine/. 
  57. strangequark (April 26, 2017). "Masten Space Systems Update (thread)". NASA Space Flight. https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=13206.msg1671304#msg1671304. 
  58. Doug Messier (May 12, 2017). "Masten Achieves First Hot-Fire of Broadsword Rocket Engine". Parabolic Arc. http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/12/masten-achieves-hotfire-broadsword-rocket-engine. 
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  60. David Masten. "@A_M_Swallow @rocketrepreneur @NASA @mastenspace and get a few Astros plus rocks off the surface too!". https://twitter.com/dmasten/status/725390278970863616. 
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  62. Colinake (May 21, 2012). "Katana First Fire". Masten Space Systems. http://masten-space.com/2012/05/21/katana-first-fire. 
  63. "Katana KA6A Regen 2,800lbf Shakedown Test". Mastenspace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOTj7aq7UGY. 
  64. "Theoretical Isp:322s vs 336 for NTO Both propellants nontoxic. Splash protection & simple chem respirator 2 handle". Masten Space. https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785863210662584320. 
  65. "we have demonstrated a safer & easier to handle hypergolic alternative to NTO/MMH. We call it MXP-351". Masten Systems. https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785856508898803713. 
  66. "That is a long-term study currently in progress. With a proper feed system in place, our current estimate is a few years.". Masten Space. https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785869183993061376. 
  67. "We use the same precautions as for handling HTP plus the addition of a simple chemical respirator.". Masten Space. https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785880608568254465. 
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