X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-3 Lands at Vandenberg AFB – Design You Trust

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-3 Lands at Vandenberg AFB

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The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 3 (OTV-3), the Air Force’s unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:24 a.m. Oct. 17, 2014. The OTV-3 conducted on-orbit experiments for 674 days during its mission, extending the total number of days spent on-orbit for the OTV program to 1367 days. The X-37B is the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft. Managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the X-37B program performs risk reduction, experimentation and concept of operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies. (Photo credit: Boeing)

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Via 30th Space Wing (Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.)

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