ASSET (spacecraft)
Preserved ASSET vehicle at USAF Museum, Dayton, Ohio | |
| Function | experimental US space project involving the testing of an uncrewed sub-scale reentry vehicle. |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | McDonnell Aircraft |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Size | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Width | 4 ft 7 in (1.40 m) |
| Mass | 1,190 lb (540 kg) |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Retired |
| Launch sites | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 |
| Total launches | 6 |
| Success(es) | 1 |
| Partial failure(s) | 5 (vehicles not recovered though flights were successful) |
| First flight | 18 September 1963 |
| Last flight | 23 February 1965 |
ASSET, or Aerothermodynamic Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests was an experimental US space project involving the testing of an uncrewed sub-scale reentry vehicle.