| 09/29/03 |
Indianapolis
native Dan Dumbacher named outstanding mechanical engineer
by Purdue University |
| 07/24/03 |
X-37
technology demonstrator completes structural tests in
preparation for atmospheric flight test program |
| 02/07/02 |
Wings
for X-37 spaceplane shipped to Palmdale final assembly
facility |
| 05/23/01 |
X-40A
free flights completed at Dryden; X-37 next |
| 05/19/01 |
X-40A
seventh - and final - free flight successful |
| 05/16/01 |
X-40A
sixth free flight successful |
| 05/15/01 |
Reusable
Spaceplane Program achieves milestone |
| 05/08/01 |
X-40A
fifth free flight successful |
| 05/05/01 |
X-40A
fourth free flight successful
|
| 04/26/01 |
X-40A
third free flight successful |
| 04/12/01 |
X-40A
second free flight successful
|
| 03/21/01 |
NASA's
successful test flight of X-40A vehicle is major accomplishment
for its X-37 program
|
| 03/14/01 |
X-40A
flight test successful; major milestone in X-37 space
plane project |
| 03/13/01 |
Free-flights
of Air Force X-40A test vehicle planned as part of NASA's
X-37 flight demonstrator program |
| 06/22/00 |
X-37
mock-up on display at technical exposition at Dryden Flight
Research Center |
| 05/19/00 |
Boeing
delivers X-40A spaceplane to NASA |
| 08/01/99 |
U.S.
Air Force Lt. Col. Kris A. Johanessen joins NASA's X-37
space plane project as deputy project manager |
| 07/07/99 |
NASA
enters a $173 million cooperative agreement with Boeing
to develop and fly the X-37 |
| 05/17/99 |
NASA
announces appointment of Susan Turner as manager of the
X-37 project |
| 12/98 |
NASA
selects The Boeing Company for negotiations leading to
possible four-year 50/50 sharing agreement to develop
the first Future-X technology flight experiment |
| 07/31/98 |
The Marshall Center publishes a NASA Research Announcement
seeking proposals for "Future-X," the first in a continuous
series of flight demonstrations to validate technologies
beyond those contained in the X-33 and X-34 programs |
