Future-X Pathfinder
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Future-X PathfinderFuture-X PathfinderExperimental Flight Vehicles for the
Future of Space Transportation
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Future-X PathfinderFuture-X Pathfinder
_ Flight vehicles and experiments to improve space launch and orbital transfer
• Improve safety• Improve reliability• Reduce cost
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Future-X PathfinderFuture-X Pathfinder
_ X-34X-34• Demonstrate
operational and vehicle technologies that lead to increased safety and reliability
– Air launched– Rocket powered– Horizontal landing
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_ X-37X-37
• Demonstrate technologies for both orbital and reentry environments
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Future-X PathfinderFuture-X Pathfinder
_ Flight ExperimentsFlight Experiments• Flight testing technologies that enable safer,
lower cost transportation systems that are reliable, simpler and offer more operable space– Autonomous Abort Landing System– Sharp-B2– Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System– Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring– Cryogenic Propellant Gauge– Small Payload Experiment– Hall Effect Thruster– Composite LOx Tank