The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is led by the AirForceRapidCapabilitiesOffice, and is designed to demonstrate reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to, and examined, on Earth.
Lieutenant Colonel Tom McIntyre, X-37B program manager for the AirForceRapidCapabilitiesOffice, explained the third X-37 flight will not only help the AirForce better evaluate and understand the vehicle's performance characteristics, but this first re-flight is an important step in the program.