U.S. military’s X-37B space plane made a quiet return to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, completing a 434-day mission that remains largely classified. With no public fanfare, the uncrewed ...

The X-37B spacecraft’s latest mission was shorter than the last but tried several new maneuvers and approaches during its ...

The unmanned Boeing-made aircraft landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 2:22 a.m. EST having ... from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida by SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket in 2023 in ...

It’s the first operational image shared while the space plane is in ... X/United States Space Force Its seventh mission, known as OTV-7, was launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in 2023 ...

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches USSF-52 carrying a U.S. Space Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. [Credit: U.S. Space Force] At the time of its ...

Dubbed X-37B or the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), it is the code name for the spacecraft which is right on its seventh ...

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 was launched into space by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy for a classified, long-duration military mission for the U.S. Space Force on ... The space planes feature delta ...

"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." The U.S ...

The US Space Force first demonstrated this tactically responsive capability with a launch on Firefly's Alpha rocket in 2023. As part of this "Victus Nox" test flight, a satellite was encapsulated into ...