LASRE was NASA's Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment which took place at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, until November 1998. The experiment sought to provide fl
Closeup of rear of LASRE pod
LASRE cold test dumping water after first in-flight cold flow test - 4 March 1998
Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) ground cold flow test
Lockheed Martin X-33
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The Lockheed Martin X-33 was a proposed uncrewed, sub-scale technology demonstrator suborbital spaceplane that was developed for a period in the 1990s. The X-33 was a technology demonstrator for the V
Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment
…provide flight data to help Lockheed Martin validate and tune the computational predictive tools used to determine the aerodynamic performance of the Lockheed Martin X-33 lifting body and linear aerospike engine combination and to lay groundwork for a future reusable launch vehicle. LASRE was a small, half-span model of…
Artist's rendition of the X-33 in orbit.
X-33 model being prepared for testing in a wind-tunnel in 1997
Test of the X-33's thermal protection system, 1998
Space art of X-33 at high altitude