| NASA Center: |
Langley Research Center |
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| Image # : |
L-1991-14834 |
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| Date : |
10/22/1991
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Title
NASA HL-20 Lifting Body
Full Description
The HL-20 was built at Langley in October 1990 and is a full-scale
non-flying mockup. This mockup was used for engineering studies of
maintainability of the vehicle, as testing crew positions, pilot visibility and
other human factors considerations. The HL-20 was a direct derivative
of the HL-10 vehicle tested in the 1960s and bears a very close
resemblance to engineering drawings produced at that time. Although evaluated
as a possible "space taxi," the HL-20, sometimes called the "Personnel Launch
System," was never built.
Keywords
Model HL-20 Lifting Body Personnel Launch System PLS HL-10 Langley
Subject Category
Lifting Bodies,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
LARC
- Center Number:
L-1991-14834
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001923
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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