PHOTOS: Rocket launch
Dave Masten, owner of Masten Space Systems, attaches some last-minute tape to his rocket before heading to the launch pad at Mojave Air and Space Port on Wednesday morning. That day, his team had two unsuccessful attempts at a launch. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
The Masten team lifts its rocket to the launch pad at Mojave Air and Space Port in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Michael Garceau (from left), Ken Brown and Jon Goff of Masten Space Systems prepare the team’s rocket. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Ken Brown with Masten Space Systems tries to trouble shoot problems as the team prepares the rocket for launch on the pad at Mojave Air and Space Port. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Dave Masten, owner of Masten Space Systems, walks past his rocket on the launch pad at Mojave Air and Space Port this week after two unsuccessful attempts at a launch. “Solar system domination,” he joked of his ambitions to win the Northrop Grumman Lunar Landing Challenge. “Nothing less will do.” (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
