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.

2023年11月9日 · The X-37B spacecraft will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center no earlier than December 7. The Falcon Heavy launch will mark the seventh flight of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle.

4 天之前 · 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 …

2021年9月1日 · The U.S. Space Force has a mini-fleet of two robotic X-37B space planes, which have been flying secret missions since 2010. The most recent mission, called OTV-6, launched in May 2020 and is...

2021年8月24日 · A U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane, an unpiloted miniature space shuttle, is seen after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on Oct. 27, 2019 to end its record 780-day...

2023年12月9日 · The mini space plane was built by Boeing and measures about 29 feet long. Like NASA’s space shuttles, the X-37B is designed to return to Earth and land on a runway.

2025年1月29日 · The uncrewed space plane is slated to deliver 7,800 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station, then descend to Earth and land like a space shuttle roughly 45 days later at KSC's Launch ...

2023年12月29日 · The US military's X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a...

2024年12月4日 · The secretive miniature ‘space shuttle,’ the X-37B, is currently in Earth orbit. It will continue its mission before eventually de-orbiting and returning to Earth, as it has done successfully in its previous six missions. While many details about the X-37B remain classified, it continues to intrigue and generate speculation.

2023年12月29日 · Built by Boeing, the X-37B resembles NASA’s retired space shuttles. But they’re just one-fourth the size at 29 feet (9 meters) long. No astronauts are needed; the X-37B has an autonomous landing...