The 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, re-enters Earth's atmosphere, and lands as a spaceplane.

2 天之前 · With its unparalleled flexibility and maneuverability, the X-37B is setting new standards in space exploration. The X-37B has completed six successful missions, logging over 1.3 billion miles and spending thousands of days in space.

2023年12月9日 · For the first time, the X-37B will ride into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Since its debut more than a decade ago, the X-37B has been a source of intrigue …

2022年11月15日 · During its latest, recently concluded mission, the Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-6 (OTV-6) assisted multiple government-led studies, including for NASA, the …

2024年10月10日 · AFRCO has managed the X-37B program since 2010. It is dedicated to advancing the next generation of reusable space capabilities for the United States Space Force.

2021年8月30日 · The U.S. Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane has flown four clandestine missions to date, carrying secret payloads on long-duration flights in Earth orbit. The robotic …

2016年2月24日 · On-orbit propulsion will be provided by the AR-2/3, a highly reliable engine with a legacy stretching back to the 1950s. 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.

2021年8月24日 · Here, we take a look at 10 things that can be definitively said about the secretive space plane. The reusable X-37B, which resembles a smaller version of one of NASA ’s now …

2022年11月12日 · -- 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 Nov. 12, 2022, at 05:22 a.m.

2022年11月12日 · Technicians work with the recently landed robotic X-37B space plane at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 12, 2022. (Image credit: Boeing/US Space Force) The X-37B resembles NASA's...