alv_x-1 | countryorigin | united_states <tsp> united_states | ethnicgroup | african_americans <tsp> united_states | demonym | americans <sep> alv x-1 was the first and only flight of the atk launch vehicle (alv) sounding rocket developed by alliant techsystems the launch occurred from lp-0b at the mid-atlantic regional spaceport (mars) at nasa's wallops flight facility this mission carried the soarex-vi and hy-bolt experiments as payloads when it launched at 09:10 gmt on august 22, 2008 the vehicle was terminated 20 seconds into flight after veering too far off course 
originating in the united states and by americans. some of african decent is the alvx-1.no information