Boeing X-37 - Wikipedia
WEBThe Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, then re-enters Earth's atmosphere and lands as a spaceplane.
X-37B - The Boeing Company
WEB2 days ago · The X-37B is one of the world’s newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft, designed to operate in low-earth orbit, 150 to 500 miles above the Earth. The vehicle is the first since the Space Shuttle with the ability to return experiments to Earth for further inspection and analysis.
X-37B Breaks Records, Brings Home Experiments - The Boeing …
WEBIt spent more than 900 days on orbit during this mission, breaking its previous endurance record while completing experiments for a number of partners, including NASA, the Naval Research Laboratory, and the Air Force Academy.
X-37B military space plane lands, ending record-breaking mission …
WEBNov 12, 2022 · The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is seen shortly after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 12, 2022, bringing an end to its OTV-6 mission. (Image credit: Boeing/US Space...
The secretive X-37B space plane is headed back into orbit ... - NBC News
WEBDec 9, 2023 · The secretive X-37B space plane is headed back into orbit with a boost from SpaceX. It will ride on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy booster, allowing the vehicle to operate in “new orbital regimes,” Space...
SpaceX launching Space Force's X-37B space plane on a Falcon …
WEBNov 9, 2023 · U.S. Space Force's X-37B reusable space plane is set to take off on its seventh mission on Dec. 7, 2023, its first launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
X-37B orbital test vehicle concludes sixth successful mission
WEBNov 12, 2022 · KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-6 (OTV-6), the U.S. Space Force’s unmanned, reusable spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on …
Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Embarks on Seventh Mission
WEBDec 29, 2023 · Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Embarks on Seventh Mission. - Mission will expand the United States Space Force's knowledge of the space environment by experimenting with future space domain awareness technologies. - Seventh flight follows record-breaking 908-day sixth mission.
Boeing X-37 - NASA
WEBFeb 24, 2016 · The X-37 is a reusable orbital launch vehicle put into orbit atop an Atlas V rocket. It was built by Boeing. The vehicle is used by the U.S. military.
The strange science of the US Air Force's top-secret space plane - WIRED
WEBOct 31, 2019 · At only 2.7 metres tall with a 4.2m wingspan, the unmanned Boeing X-37B orbital test vehicle looks like a smaller version of the Nasa space shuttle. It orbited the Earth for 780 days,...