Boeing X-37

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. The X-37 is operated by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in collaboration with the United States Space Force, for orbital spaceflight missions intended to demonstrate reusable space technologies. It is a 120-percent-scaled derivative of the earlier Boeing X-40. The X-37 began as a NASA project in 1999, before being transferred to the United States Department of Defense in 2004. Until 2019, the program was managed by Air Force Space Command.

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2020 Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium (6294058)

X-37A model at Dryden Flight Research Center (cropped)

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X-37A

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The X-37 advanced technology demonstrator flaperon unit was one of the first ever thermal and mechanical qualification tests of a carbon-carbon control surface designed for space flight.

CMSAF Wright visits Vandenberg AFB (5784377)

CMSAF Wright visits Vandenberg AFB (5784375)

CMSAF Wright visits Vandenberg AFB (5784393)

CMSAF Wright visits Vandenberg AFB (5784387)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		2020 Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium (6294058)		Commons
commons	image		X-37A model at Dryden Flight Research Center (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Srvr-Copy		Commons
commons	image		X-37A		Commons
commons	image		Srvr-Copy		Commons
commons	image		The X-37 advanced technology demonstrator flaperon unit was one of the first ever thermal and mechanical qualification tests of a carbon-carbon control surface designed for space flight.		Commons
commons	image		CMSAF Wright visits Vandenberg AFB (5784377)		Commons
commons	image		CMSAF Wright visits Vandenberg AFB (5784375)		Commons
commons	image		CMSAF Wright visits Vandenberg AFB (5784393)		Commons
commons	image		CMSAF Wright visits Vandenberg AFB (5784387)		Commons