X-33 TPS flight test completed at NASA Dryden

Thermal protection system material for the X-33 reusable launch vehicle prototype has completed testing on a NASA F-15B research aircraft at Dryden Flight Research Center, Calif. The metallic Inconel tiles, soft Advanced Flexible Reusable Surface Insulation tiles and sealing materials held up well...

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