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 spaceplane.The X-37 is operated by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in collaboration with United States Space Force, [1] for orbital …

1 天前 · 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.

4 天之前 · 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 friction, generated by ...

4 天之前 · The Boeing-built spacecraft is derived from NASA’s original X-37 program, which ran from 1999 to 2004.It was then transferred to DARPA before being taken over by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities ...

4 天之前 · Artist rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking maneuver using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere. (Courtesy graphic by Boeing Space) The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is the U.S. Space Force ...

2024年11月4日 · In a rare show of openness about the X-37B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane's aerobraking maneuvers help change its orbit.

2021年8月24日 · These designs from a Boeing study show configuration for a crewed space plane (X-37C) derived from the unmanned X-37B spacecraft.

2016年2月24日 · 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.

2023年12月6日 · The secretive, uncrewed orbital test vehicle, built by Boeing, can carry multiple payloads to demonstrate new technologies. This mission will focus on “space domain awareness technologies,” according to the Space Force .

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 technology, and pushed the boundaries of what’s possible with each ensuing mission.