Lockheed Martin X-33 - Wikipedia
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.
X-33/VentureStar – What really happened - NASASpaceFlight.com
2006年1月4日 · Taking shape at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility, the X-33 was intended to be a 1/3 scale prototype of a fully-operational RLV (Reusable Launch Vehicle) called the VentureStar, designed...
Aircraft Museum - X-33 - Aerospaceweb.org
2009年9月26日 · The most significant project under the umbrella of the Space Launch Initiative (SLI) was the Lockheed Martin X-33 announced in 1996. The ultimate goal of the X-33 was to develop a completely reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) launch vehicle to replace the aging Space Shuttle by about 2010.
X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator - Armstrong Flight …
On July 2, 1996, NASA selected Lockheed Martin to design, build, and fly the X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator test vehicle. The X-33, a half-scale vehicle, was to feature a lifting-body shape, a new "aerospike" rocket engine, and a rugged metallic thermal protection system.
X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator - NASA
2014年2月28日 · The X-33 program began in 1994 as part of NASA’s Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) program. It awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to build and fly an uncrewed technology demonstrator. Much of the vehicle was entirely new, including the linear aerospace rocket motor and the composite cryogenic propellant tanks. The leap exceeded what existing ...
Skunk Works' X-33 and VentureStar - SpaceflightHistories
2023年5月3日 · Lockheed Martin's X-33 was a technology demonstrator of the VentureStar orbital spaceplane funded by NASA in the 1990s. Part of the Space Launch Initiative, the X-33's ultimate goal was to prove the feasibility of a completely reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) launch vehicle.
NASA considering X-33 engine tests as Pentagon ponders
2001年6月25日 · WASHINGTON — The powerful linear aerospike engines intended for the orphaned X-33 experimental rocket could rumble to life this summer under an agreement being hammered out between NASA and the...
X-33 - Single Stage to Orbit - AeroSpaceGuide.net
2021年7月8日 · X-33 was the sub-scale prototype version of the Single Stage to Orbit Venture Star. It was wedge shaped X-33. It was developed jointly between NASA and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works of Palmdale, California. X-33 was cancelled in 2001.
X-33 - Encyclopedia Astronautica
Lockheed Martin proposed to complete development of the X-33 by replacing its two composite liquid hydrogen tanks with aluminum tanks. But NASA decided that the benefits of testing the X-33 in suborbital flight without proving the critical composite technology did not justify the cost.
X-33 EC96-43631-2: VentureStar by Lockheed Martin in Orbit
2004年12月21日 · The X-33 was a wedged-shaped subscale technology demonstrator prototype of a potential future Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) that Lockheed Martin had dubbed VentureStar. The company hoped to develop VentureStar early this century.