Boeing X-37
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The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle, 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-
X-37B with a service module being encapsulated inside a payload fairing ahead of the sixth mission
An artist's rendering of the X-37 spacecraft in 1999
The Scaled Composites White Knight was used to launch the X-37A on glide tests (2007).
X-37B 2 sits on the Shuttle Landing Facility after the OTV-4 mission, with ground crew wearing protective suits.
Space Rider
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The Space Rider is a planned uncrewed orbital lifting body spaceplane aiming to provide the European Space Agency with affordable and routine access to space. Space Rider will have the potential to al
Artist's rendering of Space Rider from 2017 (RM on front—left, AOM behind—right)
Space Rider will use a controllable parafoil for landing, as used by the NASA X-38 in 1999.