The Martin Marietta X-24 is an American experimental aircraft developed from a joint United States Air Force - NASA program named PILOT (1963–1975). It was designed and built to test lifting body concepts, experimenting with the concept of unpowered reentry and landing, later used by the Space Shuttle. [1]

2023年7月26日 · With NASA F-104 and T-38 chase planes keeping pace, the X-24B lifting body flares for landing on the main runway...

X-24是NASA飞行研究中心与空军合作进行的一系列升力体试验机项目之一。 升力体试验机主要用于验证这类由飞行员驾驶的无翼飞行器是否具有从太空返回地球并能像飞机一样在指定地点着陆的能力。

2016年2月7日 · The X-24B was the last of the lifting body aircraft to fly and demonstrated that accurate unpowered reentry vehicle landings were operationally feasible. The X-24B was a joint program between NASA, the U. S. Air Force and Martin Aircraft Company. The aircraft flew 36 times between 1973 and 1975.

Manke was first to fly the X-24B, a glide flight on Aug. 1, 1973. He was also the pilot on the first powered mission on Nov. 15, 1973. Among the final flights with the X-24B were two precise landings on the main concrete runway at Edwards, which showed that accurate unpowered re-entry vehicle landings were operationally feasible.

2005年1月22日 · The X-24 was one of a group of lifting bodies flown by the NASA Flight Research Center (now Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California, in a joint …

NASA test pilot Bill Dana, resplendent in pink boots and pressure suit, was all smiles following the last powered flight of the X-24B on Sept. 23, 1975.

X-24 は、 アメリカ空軍 と NASA によって共同開発された実験航空機。 計画はPILOTと名づけられた。 マーティン・マリエッタ 社によって製造された。

This 1975 photo shows the X-24B, with a Lockheed F-104N chase plane in formation beside it, gliding to a landing on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, California after a 1972 research flight.

The Martin Marietta X-24B was an experimental US aircraft developed from a joint USAF -NASA program named PILOT (1963–1975). It was designed and built to test lifting body concepts, experimenting with the concept of unpowered reentry and landing, later used by …