Description: Excellent vintage photograph of the McDonnell Douglas DC-X being tested at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Measures 8x10, portrait view. Provenance McDonnell Douglas. Before Space X - there was the DC-X! The DC-X, short for Delta Clipper or Delta Clipper Experimental, was an uncrewed prototype of a reusable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense's Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) from 1991 to 1993. Starting 1994 until 1995, testing continued through funding of the US civil space agency NASA. In 1996, the DC-X technology was completely transferred to NASA, which upgraded the design for improved performance to create the DC-XA. After a test flight of DC-XA in 1996 resulted in a fire, the project was canceled. Despite its cancellation, the program inspired later reusable launch systems. Michael D. Griffin has since praised the program as "government R&D at its finest."
Price: 30 USD
Location: Reno, Nevada
End Time: 2025-02-08T17:25:59.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Photograph
Year: 1993
Space Program: NASA Program
Signed: No
Theme: Astronauts & Space Travel
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
