Boeing Space Plane

Ensuring successful delivery to earth s orbit with the united launch alliance ula joint venture between boeing and lockheed martin.
Boeing space plane. Boeing s phantom works division which built the u s. The aerospace contractor partnered with aerojet rocketdyne to provide propulsion for. Air force s two robotic x 37b space planes was to design build and test the vehicle. We learned wednesday that boeing has abruptly decided to end its participation in the defense advanced research projects agency s experimental space plane xsp program an effort intended to.
Boeing won a 146 million funding agreement from darpa in may 2017 to develop and fly the reusable spaceplane. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle then re enters earth s atmosphere and lands as a spaceplane. The starliner was designed to accommodate seven passengers or a mix of crew and cargo for missions to low earth orbit. Dubbed the phantom express by boeing the suborbital.
The x 37 is operated by the united states space force for orbital spaceflight missions intended to demonstrate reusable space technologies. A 21st century space capsule boeing s crew space transportation cst 100 starliner spacecraft is being developed in collaboration with nasa s commercial crew program. The boeing x 37 also known as the orbital test vehicle otv is a reusable robotic spacecraft. We re enabling critical research on the international space station iss that benefits the future space economy deep space exploration and life on earth.