LOX tank arrives at X-33 assembly facility in Palmdale

Lockheed Martin has delivered the aluminum liquid oxygen tank that will bear most of the takeoff weight of NASA's X-33 reusable launch vehicle prototype, marking the beginning of vehicle assembly. The 5,500-pound double-lobed tank was delivered by air to a Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, Calif...

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