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

"The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the U.S. Space Force’s commitment to pushing the bounds of ...

The 29-foot-long X-37B landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California last Friday (Mar 7) at 2:22 am local time.

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

The secretive X-37B spaceplane has just returned from its latest highly classified, long-duration mission. On Mar. 7, 2025, ...

U.S. Space Force's unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 has concluded its seventh mission, successfully deorbiting and ...

The Space Force's top-secret X-37B spaceplane landed after spending well over a year orbiting the Earth. The space plane ...

Space.com noted that most of its payloads remain classified. Space Force said the tests while in a highly elliptical orbit demonstrated the aircraft's "robust maneuver capability." The technique ...

The aerobraking maneuver was used to take X-37B from the highly elliptical orbit to a low Earth orbit while conserving fuel. After conducting further experiments, the plane deorbited and returned ...

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