The US Space Force's secret space plane, the X-37B, shared an image from orbit for the first time. The reusable orbital test vehicle captured the image of Earth last year during its seventh mission.

What the X-37B Really Does -America’s X-37B space plane looks like a scaled-down shuttle, but it has become one of the most ...

On March 7, 2025, at 02:22 am EST, the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7) successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This unmanned spaceplane ...

The mysterious Space Force space plane is headed back to the Florida launch pad. The Boeing-built X-37B is ready to see its eighth mission less than six months after completing its last. Currently ...

Florida's Space Coast has become known for its rocket launches, which has notably increased in the past few years. Aside from the "ooh, ahh" factor of a launch virtually morning, noon or night − with ...

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base Thursday night. Credit: U.S. Space Force ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy ...

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 ...

The long-running, secretive X-37B spaceplane project has a new mission on the books, according to the US Space Force. On August 21, the Boeing-developed X37 aircraft will take its eighth flight with a ...

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 ...

Another U.S. military mini shuttle blasted off Thursday night to conduct classified experiments in space. Launched by SpaceX, the space plane with no one aboard took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.