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Boeing X-40A
Zemlja	Sad
Ulogu	Probno vozilo Glide
Prvi let	11 avgust 1998
Izgradio	1

Čaj Boeing X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle was a test platform for the X-37 Future-X Reusable Launch Vehicle. The unpiloted X-40 was built to 85% scale to test aerodynamics and navigation of the X-37 Future-X Reusable Launch Vehicle project. After the first drop test in August 1998 the vehicle was transferred to NASA, which modified it. Between April 4 and May 19, 2001 the vehicle successfully conducted seven free flights.In 2001 it successfully demonstrated the glide capabilities of the X-37’s fat-bodied, short-winged design and validated the proposed guidance system.

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Čaj Boeing X-40A je eksperimentalno vozilo koje je testiralo dizajn i performanse Boeing Ks-37, višekratnu upotrebu svemirski avion koji bi mogao da lansira satelite i obavlja druge misije u orbiti. Ks-40A je smanjena verzija Ks-37, merenje 21 metara dužine i 11 metara širine. Nije imao motor ili pogonski sistem, a pao je iz helikoptera da klizi do sletanja na pisti.
Ks-40A leteo sedam puta između 1998. i 2001. godine, demonstrirajući aerodinamiku i sistem navođenja Ks-37 koncepta. Ks-KSNUMKSA je bio zajednički projekat američkog vazduhoplovstva, NASA-e i Boeing Phantom Vorks.