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Artist’s Concept: Reusable Launch Vehicle Docking with the International Space Station
Artist’s Concept: Reusable Launch Vehicle Docking with the International Space Station

This is an artist's conception of the proposed NASA/Lockheed Martin Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO) Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) docking with the International…

Group Photo of Douglas Aircraft Company Airplanes
Group Photo of Douglas Aircraft Company Airplanes

A group picture of Douglas airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the…

Miniature Mothership Carries X-33 Model
Miniature Mothership Carries X-33 Model

A radio-controlled model aircraft, acting as a miniature mothership, carries aloft a model of the X-33.

Front View of X-3
Front View of X-3

This NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph shows a front view of the X-3 Stiletto research aircraft.

Artist’s Concept: X-33 Flying over Southwest
Artist’s Concept: X-33 Flying over Southwest

An artist's conception of the half scale X-33 demonstrator flying over the southwestern desert.

Slender Fuselage and Long, Tapered Nose: X-3
Slender Fuselage and Long, Tapered Nose: X-3

In this NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph, the X-3 Stiletto is seen illuminated by sunlight off the lakebed at Edwards…

Artist’s Concept: X-33 and VentureStar
Artist’s Concept: X-33 and VentureStar

An artist's conception showing the relative sizes of the X-33 (left) and the proposed operational VentureStar.

X-3: First Use of Titanium in Major Airframe Components
X-3: First Use of Titanium in Major Airframe Components

In this NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph the X-3 Stiletto is viewed from above and looking at the left side.

In-Flight Photo of X-3
In-Flight Photo of X-3

This in-flight NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph of the X-3 Stiletto illustrates the aircraft's long slender fuselage and the small…

X-33 Model on Approach
X-33 Model on Approach

The X-33 model about to touchdown on a lakebed.