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    The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar ("Dynamic Soarer") was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to develop a spaceplane that could be used for a variety of...
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    foreshadowing future development of winged spacecraft such as the X-20 Dyna-Soar of the 1960s and the Space Shuttle of the 1970s. In the end, it was...
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    William J. Knight (category X-15 program)
    American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the U.S. Air Force and NASA. He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program...
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  • engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and astronaut in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. Gordon was born in Valparaiso, Indiana, on December 23, 1925...
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  • Space Agency (ESA). It was superficially similar to the American Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar and the larger Space Shuttle. In January 1985, CNES proposed to proceed...
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  • engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and astronaut in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. Wood was born on August 9, 1924, in Paragould, Arkansas. He...
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    NASA's HL-20 Personnel Launch System spaceplane concept, which in turn is descended from a series of test vehicles, including the X-20 Dyna-Soar, Northrop...
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    ASSET program in the 1960s, which tested the heatshield design for the X-20 Dyna-Soar. On 16 March 1983: 207  a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion reconnaissance...
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    William H. Dana (category X-15 program)
    American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program...
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    Spaceplane (section X-37)
    "Boeing's X-20 Dyna-Soar Was The Air Force's 'Spaceplane' That Never Flew". The Debrief. Retrieved 31 December 2023. "USAF X-20 "Dyna-Soar" Program Draftees...
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