Lockheed Martin X-33 VentureStar
Unmanned Single-Stage-to-Orbit (SSTO) Demonstrator (1990s)
STATUS: RETIRED
PRODUCTION RUN 2016-2018
STATUS: RETIRED
PRODUCTION RUN 2016-2018
About the Design
The X-33 VentureStar was Lockheed-Martin's entry in NASA's X-33 SSTO program, which was intended to develop an unmanned Single-Stage-to-Orbit spacecraft to replace the rapidly aging Space Shuttle.
Unlike the more traditional rocket-plane designs offered by its competitors, the VentureStar had a unique triangular shape reminiscent of the experimental lifting bodies tested in the 1960s and 1970s. The first VentureStar was to be a scaled-down proof-of-concept demonstrator, but problems with the composites from which the spacecraft was to built resulted in the project's cancellation in 2001. |
About the Model
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