The Orbital Sciences X-34 was intended to be a low-cost testbed for demonstrating "key technologies" that could be integrated into the Reusable Launch Vehicle program. It was …

The NASA X-43 was an experimental unmanned hypersonic aircraft with multiple planned scale variations meant to test various aspects of hypersonic flight. It was part of the X-plane series …

Jan 5, 2024 · The Hyper-X program has significantly expanded the boundaries of air-breathing flight by being the first to fly a “scramjet” powered aircraft at hypersonic speeds. Numerous …

Feb 28, 2014 · NASA’s X-34 program began in 1996 to demonstrate a low-cost, advanced technology flight demonstration test bed for space access and to demonstrate a streamlined …

Aug 13, 2020 · The X-34A-1 vehicle, which NASA described as a suborbital demonstrator, was just over 58 feet long and had a wingspan of almost 28 feet. It featured a lightweight …

X-34A The original X-34A was a three-stage vehicle consisting of the Orbital Sciences L-1011; which air-launched the X-34A reusable rocketplane; which space-launched the rocket …

AKA: X-34. Status: Cancelled 2001. Payload: 400 kg (880 lb). Thrust: 386.00 kN (86,776 lbf). Gross mass: 34,000 kg (74,000 lb). Height: 21.95 m (72.01 ft). Diameter: 3.05 m (10.00 ft). …

Jan 14, 2023 · x-34a [nasa] The X-34 was originally conceived as a reusable two stage launch vehicle for small orbital payloads, powered by a Russian RD-120 engine. During development, …

Jan 1, 2000 · The X-34 program demonstrates the technologies and operations required to develop the next generation of reusable launch vehicles. The presentation includes …

Original design for the winged first stage of the X-34A. Status: Development ended 1996. Thrust: 386.30 kN (86,844 lbf). Gross mass: 29,500 kg (65,000 lb). Unfuelled mass: 6,700 kg (14,700 …