Artist's rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking maneuver. Credit: Boeing Space On Oct. 10, the U.S. Space Force shared that the X-37B orbital test vehicle would begin executing a series of ...

The X-37B's eighth orbital mission will start with a liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The U ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off late Thursday, propelling a reusable X-37B Space Force rocket plane into space on a classified long-duration mission. It was the eighth such flight since the ...

Summary and Key Points: Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has recently made headlines due to malfunctions that will delay the return of two NASA astronauts until 2025. While the Starliner faces challenges ...

The U.S. Space Force's robotic space plane X-37B returned to Earth has returned to Earth after spending more than 434 days in orbit on a classified mission. This was the seventh mission for the X-37B ...

After more than nine months in an unusual, highly elliptical orbit, the US military’s X-37B spaceplane will soon begin dipping its wings into Earth’s atmosphere to lower its altitude before eventually ...

Should the eighth mission scheduled for August 21 occur as planned, it is believed that the X-37B spacecraft will spend more than a year in orbit. In May, the People’s Republic of China demonstrated a ...

Artist rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking maneuver using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: Boeing Space WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force announced that its secretive X-37B ...

The X-37B space plane, launched by SpaceX, is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 rocket booster will land at Cape Canaveral, causing a sonic boom. This mission, ...

"The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the U.S. Space Force’s commitment to pushing the bounds of novel space operations in a safe and responsible manner." When you purchase ...