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Aerospike test
The first successful powerpack test of the Boeing Rocketdyne division's Linear Aerospike Engine for the Lockheed Martin X-33 sub-orbital technology demonstrator was completed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, on 1 October. The test calibrated the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fuel turbopumps and settings.
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