Retro Space HD | DC-X Flight 8 - Turnaround Maneuver Demonstration - Two cameras, Stereo - 1995/07/07 - Delta Clipper @RetroSpaceHD | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
Two camera views of the DC-X "Delta Clipper" last flight at White Sands Space Harbor, demonstrating the Turnaround Maneuver and landing. It reached an altitude of 2,500 m and performed a hard landing.
The maneuvers simulated a landing after the atmospheric re-entry during an “abort-once-around” launch. At 8,200 feet, the DC-X pitched the nose over to ten degrees below the horizon and moved nose-first back toward the landing pad. It then rotated 138° to a tail-first attitude.
The flight ended with a hard 14 feet/second landing which cracked the aeroshell.
Claimed as the first rocket to conduct a vertical landing on Earth, the DC-X was a one-third scale demonstrator for the proposed operational Delta Clipper vehicle. It conducted twelve low-altitude suborbital test launches to verify the configuration and handling of the uncrewed single-stage-to-orbit Delta Clipper design, which was proposed to the United States Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for use as a reusable launch vehicle.
Includes some footage from the Space Access Society and Samuel Coniglio: youtube.com/watch?v=wv9n9Casp1o
Two video recording were synchronized and sound panned to the left and right channels. Most of the noise is from tracking panel flying in circles.
Editing, noise cleanup and color correction by Retro Space HD.
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A special thanks to the channel supporters ( patreon.com/RetroSpaceHD ):
Asbjørn
Bill Hurley
Darcy Barrett
Ellie Burack
Francis Bernier
Gary Smith
Gio Pagliari
Jan Strzelecki
Jeff Pleimling
Jules E
Michael Pennington
Nathan Koga
Nathan Westwick
Noah Soderquist
Ryan Hardy
Scott Manley
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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.
#nasa #projectmercury #atlas
Two camera views of the DC-X "Delta Clipper" last flight at White Sands Space Harbor, demonstrating the Turnaround Maneuver and landing. It reached an altitude of 2,500 m and performed a hard landing.
The maneuvers simulated a landing after the atmospheric re-entry during an “abort-once-around” launch. At 8,200 feet, the DC-X pitched the nose over to ten degrees below the horizon and moved nose-first back toward the landing pad. It then rotated 138° to a tail-first attitude.
The flight ended with a hard 14 feet/second landing which cracked the aeroshell.
Claimed as the first rocket to conduct a vertical landing on Earth, the DC-X was a one-third scale demonstrator for the proposed operational Delta Clipper vehicle. It conducted twelve low-altitude suborbital test launches to verify the configuration and handling of the uncrewed single-stage-to-orbit Delta Clipper design, which was proposed to the United States Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for use as a reusable launch vehicle.
Includes some footage from the Space Access Society and Samuel Coniglio: youtube.com/watch?v=wv9n9Casp1o
Two video recording were synchronized and sound panned to the left and right channels. Most of the noise is from tracking panel flying in circles.
Editing, noise cleanup and color correction by Retro Space HD.
=========================================
A special thanks to the channel supporters ( patreon.com/RetroSpaceHD ):
Asbjørn
Bill Hurley
Darcy Barrett
Ellie Burack
Francis Bernier
Gary Smith
Gio Pagliari
Jan Strzelecki
Jeff Pleimling
Jules E
Michael Pennington
Nathan Koga
Nathan Westwick
Noah Soderquist
Ryan Hardy
Scott Manley
========================================
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.
#nasa #projectmercury #atlas
