Martin Marietta X-24 - Wikipedia
The Martin Marietta X-24 is an American experimental aircraft developed from a joint United States Air Force - NASA program named PILOT (1963–1975). It was designed and built to test lifting body concepts, experimenting with the concept of unpowered reentry and landing, later used by the Space Shuttle. [1] .
Martin X-24A > National Museum of the United States Air …
This aircraft represents the Martin (now Lockheed Martin) X-24A, which the U.S. Air Force and NASA flew to study flight characteristics and maneuverability of “lifting bodies.” A lifting body is a fixed-wing air or spacecraft -- such as the space shuttle -- in which the body itself produces lift.
Controlling Descent From on High: The X-24 - Lockheed Martin
When NASA began work on a prototype vehicle for transporting astronauts back to Earth from the International Space Station in the mid-1990s, it was the X-24A’s famous teardrop design that was chosen, a fitting tribute to a potato-shaped wonder that helped usher in a …
X-24A - NASA
Feb 14, 2014 · Built for the Air Force by Martin, the X-24A was a bulbous-shaped aircraft, with three vertical fins at the rear for directional control. It weighed 6,270 pounds without propellants, was just over 24 feet long, and had a width of nearly 14 feet.
X-24 Lifting Body - NASA
Jul 26, 2023 · Close-up view of the XLR-11 rocket engine mounted in the X-24A lifting body research vehicle.
X-24A Lifting Body - NASA
Feb 3, 2016 · The X-24A was a joint program between NASA, the U. S. Air Force and Martin Aircraft Company. The aircraft flew 28 times between 1969 and 1971. Its unique design further validated the concept that an non-powered Space Shuttle vehicle could be successfully landed.
NASA Dryden X-24 Photo Collection
Jan 22, 2005 · Built by Martin Aircraft Company, Maryland, for the U.S. Air Force, the X-24A was a bulbous vehicle shaped like a teardrop with three vertical fins at the rear for directional control. It weighed 6,270 pounds, was 24.5 feet long and 11.5 feet wide (measuring just the fuselage, not the distance between the tips of the outboard fins).
X-24A - Encyclopedia Astronautica
The X-24A was the Martin Corporation's subsonic test version of the US Air Force's preferred manned lifting body configuration. AKA: SV-5P. Status: Operational 1969. Thrust: 37.71 kN (8,477 lbf). Gross mass: 5,192 kg (11,446 lb). Unfuelled mass: 2,712 kg (5,978 lb). Specific impulse: 225 s. Height: 7.47 m (24.50 ft). Span: 4.16 m (13.64 ft).
Aircraft: Martin-Marietta X-24A - Aero Web
The X-24A was flown 28 times in the program that, like the HL-10, validated the concept that a Space Shuttle vehicle could be landed unpowered. The fastest speed achieved by the X-24A was 1,036 miles per hour (1667 km/h or Mach 1.6). Its maximum altitude was 71,400 feet (21.8 km) .
NASA Dryden X-24 Photo Collection - Armstrong Flight Research …
X-24 photos at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.