Two questions: Is the picture below really an X-37? And why was it rolling down I-15 interstate highway last week in Las Vegas? (See answers below.)
Answers:
1. It is not one of the two Boeing X-37B orbital test vehicles launched into space on semi-secret demonstration missions, but it's the closest thing. According to Boeing and the US Air Force, this is the X-37A approach and landing test vehicle, the predecessor of the X-37B.
2. It is returning to storage at Vandenberg AFB, California, after a public tour that include being displayed at the National Space Symposium in April and more recently at Boeing's defence headquarters in St. Louis.
(H/T: Orbital Debris at NASAspaceflight forums)
Answers:
1. It is not one of the two Boeing X-37B orbital test vehicles launched into space on semi-secret demonstration missions, but it's the closest thing. According to Boeing and the US Air Force, this is the X-37A approach and landing test vehicle, the predecessor of the X-37B.
2. It is returning to storage at Vandenberg AFB, California, after a public tour that include being displayed at the National Space Symposium in April and more recently at Boeing's defence headquarters in St. Louis.
(H/T: Orbital Debris at NASAspaceflight forums)
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