COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Record
Name of Image:
The X-34 Demonstrator Landing
Full Description:
This artist's concept depicts the X-34 Demonstrator landing in a dessert. Part of the Pathfinder Program, the X-34 was a reusable technology testbed vehicle that was designed and built by the Marshall Space Flight Center to demonstrate technologies that were essential to lowering the cost of access to space. Powered by a LOX and RP-1 liquid Fastrac engine, the X-34 would be capable of speeds up to Mach 8 and altitudes of 250,000-feet. The X-34 program was cancelled in 2001.
Date of Image:
2004-04-15
Category:
Pathfinder
term:
Pathfinder
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
2001
facet_when_year:
2001
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
9906372
NIX #:
MSFC-9906372
MSFC Negative Number:
9906372
UID:
SPD-MARSH-9906372
