 HL-20 Mock-Up | |
| Operator | NASA |
|---|---|
| Applications | Crewed spaceplane |
| Specifications | |
| Launch mass | 10,884 kg (23,995 lb) |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Production | |
| Status | Cancelled |
| Launched | 0 |
| Related spacecraft | |
| Derivatives | HL-42, Dream Chaser |
The HL-20 Personnel Launch System was a NASA spaceplane concept for crewed orbital missions studied by NASA's Langley Research Center around 1990. It was envisaged as a lifting body re-entry vehicle similar to the Soviet BOR-4 spaceplane design.[1] Its stated goals were to achieve low operational costs, improved flight safety, and a possibility of landing on conventional runways.[2] No flight hardware was built.
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