The X-37B military spaceplane has successfully completed its seventh mission after spending 434 days in orbit, marking ...
Designated Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the autonomous spacecraft ... significant for its demonstration of aerobraking maneuvers — a technique that uses atmospheric drag during multiple ...
The X-37B spaceplane touched down on Runway 12 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 11:22 pm local time Thursday (2 ...
The US Space Force released an image Thursday that was taken by its top-secret space plane for the first time since launching on its seventh mission in late 2023. While conducting experiments in a ...
Both NASA and Boeing are pressing ahead with efforts to certify the Starliner capsule to join SpaceX's reusable Crew Dragon ...
“Gen. Guetlein referenced Chinese satellite maneuvers observed in space,” a spokesperson told Breaking Defense. “China conducted a series of proximity operations in 2024 involving three Shiyan-24C ...
The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the ... an Approach and Landing Test Vehicle (ALTV) and an Orbital Vehicle. It was transferred to the military in 2004 ...
It's unclear when Starliner will fly again, and whether or not that mission will carry astronauts. More than six months after ...
Explore the results of the seventh mission of the U.S. Space Force reusable spacecraft, X-37B, with its return to Earth ...
These maneuvers, according to Boeing’s vice ... NASA’s original vision for an X-37 Orbital Vehicle never materialized, but its design served as the foundation for what eventually became ...