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Author	Topic: X-37B OTV rocketplane DAF/RCO medallions
SpaceCadet1983 Member Posts: 500 From: Pacific NW, United States Registered: May 2012	posted 01-15-2023 05:27 PM These are pictures of the newly released X-37B OTV-6 landing medallion:
OLDIE Member Posts: 368 From: Portsmouth, England Registered: Sep 2004	posted 01-16-2023 03:41 AM Please excuse my ignorance, but where does this vehicle fit into NASA's programme?
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 52557 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 01-16-2023 05:42 PM The X-37 began as a NASA development program, but was transferred to DARPA in 2004. Today, NASA flies experiments on the OTV at the invitation of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. For OTV-6, NASA had two radiation exposure studies aboard: a materials sample plate and a package of plant seeds.
OLDIE Member Posts: 368 From: Portsmouth, England Registered: Sep 2004	posted 01-17-2023 03:58 AM Thanks Robert. I'd no idea these X-craft were still in use.
SpaceCadet1983 Member Posts: 500 From: Pacific NW, United States Registered: May 2012	posted 06-11-2024 09:55 AM Here's the DAF/RCO USSF-52 OTV-7 coin. I thought it was particularly interesting that the front side of the coin is in black and silver — a nod to its slipping deeper into the DEEP BLACK maybe?

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