The X-37B military spaceplane has successfully completed its seventh mission after spending 434 days in orbit, marking ...
The X-37B spaceplane touched down on Runway 12 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 11:22 pm local time Thursday (2 ...
Designated Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the autonomous spacecraft ... significant for its demonstration of aerobraking maneuvers — a technique that uses atmospheric drag during multiple ...
These maneuvers, according to Boeing’s vice ... NASA’s original vision for an X-37 Orbital Vehicle never materialized, but its design served as the foundation for what eventually became ...
"The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the U.S ... officially designated X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), which landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ...
Explore the results of the seventh mission of the U.S. Space Force reusable spacecraft, X-37B, with its return to Earth ...
This was the seventh mission for the X-37B space plane, officially designated X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7 ... 37B performed a novel "aerobraking maneuver" that demonstrated its robust ...