Editing Vandenberg Space Force Base (section)

===== Boeing X-37B =====
The [[Boeing X-37B]], a reusable uncrewed spacecraft operated by the [[United States Space Force|Space Force]], also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), has landed at Vandenberg in the past.<ref>{{Source-attribution|sentence=yes|{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/104539/x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle/|title=Fact Sheet Display|website=af.mil|access-date=10 August 2017}} }}</ref> On 3 December 2010, the X-37B [[spaceplane]] successfully landed at the base after 224 days in space thus performing the first autonomous orbital landing onto a runway conducted by a U.S. spacecraft. Since then, the X-37B has successfully landed on the 15,000-foot runway at Vandenberg two more times, on 16 June 2012 after 468 days in orbit and again on 14 October 2014 after 674 days in orbit. All of the X-37B missions thus far have been launched from [[Florida]], the first four using expendable [[Atlas V]] rockets from [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station]] and the fifth on a reusable [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 9]] from [[Kennedy Space Center]].