Cancelled American spaceplanes

research aircraft by Boeing

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uncrewed re-usable spaceplane technology demonstrator for the VentureStar

low-cost testbed for the Reusable Launch Vehicle program

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thumb|VentureStar releasing a spacecraft VentureStar was a single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch system proposed by Lockheed Martin and funded by the U.S. government. The goal was to replace the Space Shuttle by developing a re-usable spaceplane that could launch satellites into orbit at 1/10 of the cost. While the requirement was for an uncrewed launcher, it was expected to carry passengers as cargo. The VentureStar would have had a wingspan of , a length of , and would have weighed roughly 1,000 tonnes (2.2 million lb).

Cancelled American spacecraft

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US military spaceplane

planned suborbital, air-launched spaceplane