Cutaway Model of the Advanced Dyna Soar, the X-20X, with Manned Mid-Deck

Cutaway Model of the Standard Dyna Soar

Dyna Soar Model with Booster

Cutaway Model of the Standard Dyna Soar

Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar Mock-Up

X-20 Dyna-Soar on Launch Platform with Titan I

Mock-up Cockpit for the Dyna Soar Reusable Space Vehicle

Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar in Orbit

Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar on Display

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X-20 Dyna-Soar Model

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The Dyna-Soar, designed to be a 35.5-foot piloted reusable space vehicle, had a sharply swept delta 20.4-foot-span wing and a graphite and zirconia composite nose cap and used three retractable struts for landing. Eleven manned flights were to be launched from Cape Canaveral Fla., starting in November 1964. Dyna-Soar's first orbital flight was tentatively scheduled for early 1965. The X-20 reached the mockup stage. $410 million had been spent on its development, and a cadre of astronauts was training to fly it. However, the U.S. government canceled the program on Dec. 10, 1963, because Dyna-Soar had no viable military mission and was too expensive for a research vehicle.

BI223931 (p31044)

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22.4in × 17.3in (300dpi)

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1960s

Conceptual aircraft, designed, but never produced