Pentagon Reveals Experiments Attached To X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

Lee Hudson Irene Klotz May 15, 2020
X37B
Credit: Boeing
While the U.S. aerospace industry is being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the Pentagon is pushing ahead with its goal of making reusable space vehicles more affordable by launching an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for a sixth mission. This will be the inaugural U.S. Space Force (USSF) launch of...
Lee Hudson
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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