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===Super Mod=== The ''Super Mod'' [[reusable launch vehicle]] is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL)<ref name="nasa20110310">{{cite web |title=sRLV platforms compared |url=https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov |publisher=NASA |access-date=March 10, 2011 |date=March 7, 2011 |quote=Super Mod: Type: VTVL/Unpiloted}}</ref> uncrewed rocket which was developed by Armadillo in 2010β2011. It was submitted to NASA as a potential [[suborbital]] vehicle for use as a suborbital reusable launch vehicle (sRLV) under NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.<ref name=nasa20110310/> It added aerodynamic fairings, partially extendable landing legs with lower aerodynamic drag, and systems improvements to the basic Mod vehicle structure and systems. <gallery> File:Mod-Rocket-Hovering.jpg|Lunar Lander Cup era Mod rocket hovering in free flight File:Mod-Rocket-Nosecone-Hovering.jpg|The Mod rocket with an early nose cone, hovering in free flight File:SuperMod-Rocket-Shop.JPG|The SuperMod rocket during final assembly </gallery>
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