Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA - Langley Research Center
- Summary
- This is a wind tunnel model of unknown scale of the X-20 Dyna-Soar (Dynamic Soaring), a prototype for a piloted, reusable spaceplane. Originally conceived by German aerospace designer Eugen Saenger as a skip-glide rocket bomber with intercontinental range, the concept was transformed by the U.S. Air Force into a manned reconnaissance platform in space. Designed to be launched by rocket into orbit, the X-20 was a "lifting body" design and would have landed like an airplane. The Dyna-Soar program was cancelled in December 1963, before the first manned test flight that was scheduled for the following year.
- NASA's Langley Research Center made and donated the model.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Langley Research Center
- Inventory Number
- A19791301000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Crewed Spacecraft & Parts
- Materials
- Wood, paint, steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9 3/4 in. × 32 1/4 in. × 59 in. (24.8 × 81.9 × 149.9cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19791301000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93dde3818-4b6c-48d8-9052-b330bf626a9c
