Feb 28, 2014 · In this NACA High-Speed Flight Station (now NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California) photograph, the X-3 Stiletto is seen illuminated by sunlight off …

The Douglas X-3 Stiletto is a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

In a recent Broad Agency Announcement, NASA identified high-power electric propulsion (up to 300 kW) as enabling for a variety of mission structures, including human space exploration.

Mar 3, 2014 · During development, the X-3’s planned engines failed to meet the thrust, size and weight requirements. As a result, lower-thrust Westinghouse J34 turbojets were substituted. …

Oct 24, 2017 · On the road to getting humans to Mars, engineers from NASA and the University of Michigan have successfully tested the X3, a thruster designed to get us to Mars. And it’s …

X3 Nested Hall Thruster (NHT) •UM developed the three-channel X3 NHT in collaboration with the AFRL, NASA GRC, and JPL •Designed to 200+ kW •X3, like other NHTs, scales up in power …

Aug 1, 2014 · The two biggest technical challenges with Hall Thrusters, as identified by NASA, are increasing discharge power and increasing lifetime. The x3\\x19s main contribution is its power …

The X-3 (49-2892) was manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company and investigated the design features of an aircraft suitable for sustained supersonic speeds, which included the first …

Jul 16, 2017 · The X3 is a 100 kW class Hall effect thruster used for laboratory technology development. What makes the X3 unique, relative to more contemporary Hall thrusters beyond …

This in-flight NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph of the X-3 Stiletto illustrates the aircraft’s long slender fuselage and the small wings. The X-3 Stiletto was a single-place jet …