NASA has halted development of the troubled X-33 spacecraft, the intended successor to the space shuttle that was being developed by Lockheed Martin.. NASA and the space contractor had spent four ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin have agreed on a plan to go forward with the X-33 space plane program, to include aluminum fuel tanks for the vehicle's hydrogen fuel, a revised payment schedule and a ...

NASA has selected a number of companies to enter into competitive negotiations for the Space Launch Initiative (SLI). NASA also announced it will not add Space Launch Initiative funds to the X-33 ...

NASA’s decision to kill X-33 and X-34 took the U.S. space agency’s industry partners by surprise. “We were completely blindsided,” one industry official told SpaceNews.

WASHINGTON — After investing five years and $1 billion, NASA Thursday killed the experimental space plane program that was the centerpiece of the agency’s effort to develop a new generation of ...

NASA is to stop funding the X-33 and X-34 reusable launch vehicle (RLV) technology demonstration programmes. The efforts will end without either vehicle having flown. Neither programme has been ...

NASA has agreed to advance Lockheed Martin some of the funds remaining in its X-33 programme budget to pay for work completed. But the company will have to compete for the rest of the funds ...

Officially unveiled as the Speedmaster Professional X-33 “Mars Watch” in 1998, it was developed in close partnership with General Tom Stafford, a former NASA Apollo X astronaut who happened to ...

Science: Financial and technical troubles plague the X-33, which was intended to replace the space shuttle and cut launch costs. But $1 billion later, goals look doubtful.

NASA and Lockheed Martin have agreed on a plan to go forward with the X-33 space plane program, to include aluminum fuel tanks for the vehicle's hydrogen fuel, a revised payment schedule and a ...

Release: 00-284. NASA and Lockheed Martin have agreed on a plan to go forward with the X-33 space plane program, to include aluminum fuel tanks for the vehicle’s hydrogen fuel, a revised ...