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The X-1E was the result of a reconstruction of the X-1-2 (serial 46-063), in order to pursue the goals originally set for the X-1D and X-1-3 (serial 46-064), both lost by explosions during 1951. The cause of the mysterious explosions was finally traced to the use of Ulmer leather [ 34 ] gaskets impregnated with tricresyl phosphate (TCP), a ...
Vehicle Flight # Date Pilot ... pressure distribution test. XS-1 #98: November 29, 1948 ... prior to his passing and the entry for his flight in the X-1 was 10 May ...
USA-212 [1] was the first flight of the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 1 (X-37B OTV-1), an American robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) spaceplane.It was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on 22 April 2010, and operated in low Earth orbit.
Bell X-1-2. The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new ... 80% scale Space Maneuver Vehicle X-37 ...
Martin X-23 PRIME – Lifting body reentry vehicle testbed; Martin Marietta X-24 – Lifting body test aircraft; Bensen X-25 – Single-seat autogyro; Schweizer X-26 Frigate – Sailplane; Lockheed X-27 Lancer – high-performance technology demonstrator based on Lockheed CL-1200; Pereira X-28A Sea Skimmer – Single-seat flying boat for US Navy
ALV X-1 was the first and only flight of the ATK Launch Vehicle (ALV) sounding rocket developed by Alliant Techsystems. The launch occurred from LP-0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. This mission carried the SOAREX-VI and Hy-BoLT experiments as payloads [1] when it launched at 09:10 GMT on August ...
At the top of the Ares I-X flight test vehicle was a combined Orion crew module and launch abort system simulator, resembling the structural and aerodynamic characteristics of Ares I. The full-scale crew module (CM) is approximately 16 feet (4.9 m) in diameter and 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, while the launch abort system (LAS) is 46 feet (14 m) long.
Scout X-1 was flown seven times between August 1960 and October 1961 from Launch Area 3 at the Wallops Flight Facility. [1] [2]The maiden flight was a suborbital test of the rocket's systems, and was conducted on 2 July 1960, with the rocket launching at 00:04 GMT.