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The Martin Marietta X-24A was an experimental US aircraft developed from a joint USAF-NASA program named PILOT (1963–1975). It was designed and built to test lifting body concepts experimenting with the concept of unpowered reentry and landing later used by the Space Shuttle.

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manufacturer
Martin Marietta
number built
1
predecessor
Martin X-23 PRIME
retired
1975-11-26
successor
Martin Marietta X-24B
type
Lifting body

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