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The Lockheed Martin X-33 was a proposed uncrewed, sub-scale technology demonstrator suborbital spaceplane that was developed for a period in the 1990s. The X-33 was a technology demonstrator for the VentureStar orbital spaceplane, which was planned to be a next-generation, commercially operated reusable launch vehicle.
VentureStar releasing a spacecraft. VentureStar was a single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch system proposed by Lockheed Martin and funded by the U.S. government. The goal was to replace the Space Shuttle by developing a re-usable spaceplane that could launch satellites into orbit at 1/10 of the cost.
Lockheed Martin may have used information gained from LASRE and the X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator to develop a potential future reusable launch vehicle. NASA and Lockheed Martin were partners in the X-33 program through a cooperative agreement. [2]
Notable single stage to orbit concepts include Skylon, which used the hybrid-cycle SABRE engine that can use oxygen from the atmosphere when it is at low altitude, and then using onboard liquid oxygen after switching to the closed cycle rocket engine at high altitude, the McDonnell Douglas DC-X, the Lockheed Martin X-33 and VentureStar which ...
The RS1 launch vehicle first flew on Jan 10, 2023. The launch ended in failure. [78] — X-64 Invocon Inc. AFRL — Modular aerospike engine launch vehicle testbed [77] X-65 CRANE: Aurora Flight Sciences: DARPA 2025 Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors [79] X-66: Boeing: NASA 2028 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing [80]
As of December 2023 and early January 2024, the X-59's first flight is planned for 2024. [20] [21] Lockheed Martin released a video showing an assembled X-59 rolling out of a hangar on August 4, 2023. [22] On January 5, 2024, Lockheed Martin issued a press release about "unveiling" the X-59 within a week, [23] [24] which was revealed on January ...
Bruce Glikas/WireImage. Martin Short, Meryl Streep and Steve Martin pose at the opening night after party for the new play "Pictures From Home" on Broadway at The Studio 54 Theater on February 9, 2023
Lockheed Martin X-33 - 2001; HL-20 Personnel Launch System - 1993 [2] Mission cancellations (developmental) ... This page was last edited on 28 September 2024, at 02: ...