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SoCal Lunar Lander Contest

This photo provided by The X Prize Foundation shows The Masten Space System rocket XA-0.1B, also called ”Xombie” sitting on the launch pad at the Mojave Air & Space Port. Mojave, Calif., Oct. 7,2009. The privately developed unmanned rocket has made two successful flights to qualify for one of the purses in an X Prize contest simulating aspects of a moon landing. Tom Dietz, a spokesman for the X Prize Foundation, says Masten Space Systems’ ”Xombie” rocket took off Wednesday from one point and landed at another, and then flew back to its starting point.