Date
Item
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July 1967
X-24A rolled out by Martin Marietta
Corp. and turned over to Air Force.
Feb.-March 1968
Ames Research Center conducts wind
tunnel tests on the X-24A.
Apr. 4, 1969
USAF/NASA conducted the first captive
flight of the X-24A.
Apr. 17, 1969
USAF/NASA conducted the first glide
flight of the X-24A.
Sep. 9, 1969
USAF/NASA conducted the first powered
flight of the X-24A.
Aug. 26, 1970
A fire in the rocket engine section
caused minor damage.
Dec. 15, 1971
X-24A was shipped to Martin Marietta
for conversion into a new configuration.
Feb. 4, 1972
NASA and the Air Force signed a
memorandum of understanding on the use of the X-24B and
other lifting bodies.
Oct. 11, 1972
Martin Marietta rolled out the
X-2413, with delivery to the Flight Research Center
scheduled for Oct. 22.
June 1973
Under an Air Force contract, Martin
Marietta studied a growth version of the X-24B.
June 1973
Personnel at the Flight Research
Center conducted taxi tests with the X-24B.
July 19, 1973
USAF-NASA conducted the first captive
flight test with the X-24B.
Aug. 1, 1973
USAF-NASA conducted the first glide
test with the X-24B.
Nov. 15, 1973
USAF-NASA conducted the first powered
flight test with the X-24B.
Feb. 15, 1974
The X-24B flew at supersonic speed
for the first time.
Oct. 1974
An X-24C model was subjected to wind
tunnel tests at the Arnold Engineering Development
Center
Oct. 25, 1974
The X-24B reached its maximum speed
of Mach 1.76.
May 22, 1975
The X-24B reached its maximum
altitude of 22 580 meters.
Aug. 5, 1975
The X-24B made its first runway
landing.
Nov. 26, 1975
NASA conducted its last lifting body
flight, using the X-2413.
Dec. 1975
NASA and the Air force signed a
memorandum of understanding on the development of an
experimental aircraft for hypersonic manned flight testing
(X-24C).
July 20, 1976
Air Force held a prebid conference
for potential contractors on the X-24C.
Aug. 1976
A new X-24C configuration was tested
in wind tunnels at Arnold.
Aug. 31, 1978
NASA terminated its support of the
X-24C project for budget reasons.