The U.S. military’s experimental space plane, the X-37B, touched down in secrecy, its journey ending just as mysteriously as it began. After spending 434 days orbiting Earth, the un-crewed vehicle ...

The U.S. military's top-secret X-37B space plane has returned from a mysterious 434-day mission in orbit. The enigmatic mission 'broke new ground' for reusable space technology, according to the U ...

The United States Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane touched down to earth on Friday after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The unmanned Boeing-made aircraft landed at ...

The United States Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane touched down to earth on Friday after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The unmanned Boeing-made aircraft landed ...

SpaceX launched the Boeing-made X-37B plane in 2023 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space Force said the spaceplane's return marked the seventh successful test flight of its kind.

Photos showed the white-and-black space plane parked on the runway in darkness. open image in gallery An X-37B onboard camera, used to ensure the health and safety of the vehicle, captures an ...

secretive space plane unexpectedly returned to Earth this week after more than a year in space. It was an unusually short mission, but one that tested new flight patterns for the spacecraft.

which orbits 150 to 500 miles above Earth to explore reusable space vehicle technologies and conduct long-term space experiments. The plane was originally built by Boeing for NASA, but the project ...