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, then re-enters Earth's atmosphere and lands as a …

Apr 14, 2023 · 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 …

1 day ago · The X-37B recently made headlines when Space Force and Boeing, who built the vehicle, revealed that it would be testing a new "aerobraking maneuver" that uses the drag, or …

Aug 24, 2021 · These designs from a Boeing study show configuration for a crewed space plane (X-37C) derived from the unmanned X-37B spacecraft.

Feb 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.

1 day ago · The photo, taken during the X-37B’s seventh mission, shows Earth from High-Elliptical Orbit. On Feb. 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs uploaded on the DVIDS …

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle represents the pinnacle of that partnership. Since the X-37B first launched in 2010, Boeing has augmented the reusable spaceplane with more capability, new …

Oct 10, 2024 · After more than nine months in an unusual, highly elliptical orbit, the US military's X-37B spaceplane will soon begin dipping its wings into Earth's atmosphere to lower its …

Dec 6, 2023 · The secretive, uncrewed orbital test vehicle, built by Boeing, can carry multiple payloads to demonstrate new technologies. This mission will focus on “space domain …

Oct 10, 2024 · The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) will begin executing a series of novel maneuvers, called aerobraking, to change its orbit around Earth and safely dispose of its …