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.

3 days ago · The Boeing-built X-37B is an uncrewed, autonomous spaceplane designed for advanced experimentation and technology testing. With its unparalleled flexibility and maneuverability, the X-37B is setting new standards in space exploration.

Mar 7, 2025 · The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is seen on a runway at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California after returning to Earth in the wee hours to end its OTV-7 mission on March 7, 2025 ...

Nov 12, 2022 · 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,

Mar 7, 2025 · VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, …

Mar 7, 2025 · Classified X-37B robotic space plane mission OTV 7 filmed in the evening of 8 March from Leiden, the Netherlands, with an ASI 6200MM PRO + 1.2/85mm lens.

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 service module components in accordance with recognized standards for space debris mitigation.

Mar 7, 2025 · Designated Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the autonomous spacecraft launched on December 28, 2023, marking several firsts for the program ... The X-37B program, managed jointly by the Department ...

Feb 24, 2025 · The Boeing X-37B, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is an autonomous, reusable space glider developed to test new space technologies. Since its first flight in 2010, it has completed several missions, the most recent being OTV-7, …

Mar 7, 2025 · This was the seventh flight of an X-37B spaceplane, or Orbital Test Vehicle, since its first foray into orbit in 2010. ... The X-37B has a wingspan just shy of 15 feet (4.6 meters) and is not ...