SpaceX Wins Launch of U.S. Air Force X-37B Space Plane, Reuters “Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp will fly its first mission for the U.S. Air Force in August when […]
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X-37B Lands at KSC
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-4 Lands, USAF (with video) “The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 (OTV-4), the Air Force’s unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle […]
Posted inTechnology
NASA Future In-Space Operations: An ISS Space Ambulance
NASA FISO Presentation: An ISS Space Ambulance Based on X-37B Technology Now available is the October 19, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speakers was Steve Robinson […]
Posted inShuttle News
X-37B Processing at KSC
NASA Partners with X-37B Program for Use of Former Space Shuttle Hangars “NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Program […]
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Second X-37B Mission Ends
Boeing X-37B Completes 469 Day Orbital Mission (With Video) “Boeing today announced the successful de-orbit and landing of the second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force […]
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X-37B, Tiangong-1, and Bad Orbital Math
Bloopers in Space, Jim Oberg, IEEE Spectrum “A horrendous error appears to have been made by a well-respected British spaceflight society, which reportedly is about to publish an article claiming […]
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X-37B Returns to Earth
Home again: U.S. military space plane returns to Earth, Spaceflight Now “Flying back to Earth after nearly 225 days in space, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane blazed through […]
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New Space Plane Ready For Flight
Experimental X-37B Robot Space Plane to Launch Thursday, Space.com “The United States Air Force plans to launch its first robotic X-37B space plane Thursday on a mission that is a […]