With a whistle and a roar, the "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, sailed to an altitude of 100 feet during another successful free flight Aug. 28 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight ...

The Mighty Eagle, NASA's robotic prototype lander managed out of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, recently completed a test series to monitor its systems functionality after coming out of ...

NASA's Mighty Eagle lander prototype aces an 100-foot free flying test flight on Sept. 5, 2012, at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Overcast skies didn't deter the "Mighty ...

On August 8, NASA’s prototype “Mighty Eagle” autonomous lander carried out the latest in a series of flight tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Though ...

NASA's "Mighty Eagle" soars during its successful first untethered flight on Aug. 8, 2012 at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,Ala. 32,355 people played the daily Crossword recently.

With a whistle and a roar, the “Mighty Eagle,” a NASA robotic prototype lander, sailed to an altitude of 100 feet during another successful free flight Aug. 28 at NASA’s Marshall Space ...

Completing this round of flight test objectives, the “Mighty Eagle,” a NASA robotic prototype lander, flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended gently to a controlled landing during a ...

Completing this round of flight test objectives, the “Mighty Eagle,” a NASA robotic prototype lander, flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended gently to a controlled landing during a ...

NASA's "Mighty Eagle" — a robotic prototype for new landers to explore the moon and beyond — has passed a major test with its first successful free flight, the space agency announced this week.