ASSET (spacecraft)

ASSET (Aerothermodynamic Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests)
Preserved ASSET vehicle at USAF Museum, Dayton, Ohio
Functionexperimental US space project involving the testing of an uncrewed sub-scale reentry vehicle.
ManufacturerMcDonnell Aircraft
Country of originUnited States
Size
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Width4 ft 7 in (1.40 m)
Mass1,190 lb (540 kg)
Launch history
StatusRetired
Launch sitesCape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
Total launches6
Success(es)1
Partial failure(s)5 (vehicles not recovered though flights were successful)
First flight18 September 1963
Last flight23 February 1965
ASSET pre-launch checkout
ASSET–Thor combination on pad 17B

ASSET, or Aerothermodynamic Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests was an experimental US space project involving the testing of an uncrewed sub-scale reentry vehicle.