A Boeing X-37B miniature space shuttle sent into space by the U.S. military successfully returned from the Earth’s orbit on ...

The maneuvers, initially identified by commercial satellites, took place in 2024. They involved three Shiyan-24C experimental satellites and two Chinese experimental space objects, the Shijian-6 05A/B ...

B are classified. Still, it is critical to the U.S. Space Force’s ability to conduct space operations in the increasingly ...

Long before the first rays of sunlight brushed the California horizon, an extraordinary homecoming took place. The U.S. military’s experimental space plane, the X-37B, touched down in secrecy, its ...

The X-37B is a reusable robotic space plane operated by the US Space Force. It resembles a miniature space shuttle at just ...

The U.S. Space Force's unmanned spaceplane exited orbit after 434 days and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

Mission 7 successfully performed its deorbit and landing procedures. It was last month that the USSF released the first image of the X-37B while in orbit. The photo was taken by a camera onboard ...

Mission seven launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on December 28, 2023, taking off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's ...

Explore the results of the seventh mission of the U.S. Space Force reusable spacecraft, X-37B, with its return to Earth Friday.

They take off vertically like rockets but land horizontally like planes, and are designed to orbit between 150 miles and 500 miles (240 kilometers and 800 kilometers) high. The X-37B also has an ...

Launched by SpaceX, the X-37B vehicle carried no people, just military experiments. Its predawn touchdown at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California was not announced until hours after the fact.

According to the Space Force, take-off and landing at different locations demonstrate the flexibility of the system. "Mission 7 broke new ground by demonstrating the X-37B's ability to flexibly ...