The creator of SpaceShipOne says private space flight's about to take off. At the dawn of a new era, SpaceShipOne is minutes away from being released by its launch aircraft. White Knight ...

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 ...

Yet, Fedotov only made it about 1/3 the way to space. Another plane, SpaceShipOne reached 367,500 feet in 2004. It had rocket engines and was flown to an initial 43,500 feet before launch.

After separating from its mothership, SpaceShipOne would light its engine and travel on a short suborbital flight to space. While the SpaceShipOne won the XPrize, and SpaceShipTwo is currently ...

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

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 ...

For the first time, we’re seeing an image from the record-breaking US military space plane while in Earth orbit. Over the weekend, the US Space Force shared a photo taken by the spacecraft X-37B ...