24 February 2025

The Boeing X-37B OTV-7 mission: technological advances and strategic challenges

Discover the objectives and innovations of the OTV-7 mission of the Boeing X-37B, the US Space Force’s secret space glider. 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 […]
23 April 2012

The end for Space Shuttle Discovery

After almost 27 years and 39 flights in Earth’s orbit, the space shuttle Discovery arrived at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., April 17 on its way to its final resting place. The last moments in the air for Discovery began at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., mounted on top of a modified Boeing 747. […]