NASA experiments with aerospike in X-33 tests

NASA has successfully flown a 12.5m-long, one-tenth scale model of the Lockheed Martin X-33 advanced technology demonstrator on the back of its Lockheed SR-71. The model reached speeds of up to Mach 1.2 over the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California.

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