X-33 liquid oxygen tank validated in tests at NASA center

Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have validated the aluminum liquid oxygen tank for Lockheed Martin's X-33 reusable launch vehicle prototype in two weeks of pressure and loads tests. The 6,000-pound tank - an exact copy of the one already installed in the suborbital X-33 flight...

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