The U.S. military's top-secret X-37B space plane has returned from a mysterious 434-day mission in orbit. The enigmatic ...

The X-37B spaceplane touched down on Runway 12 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 11:22 pm local time Thursday (2:22 am EST Friday), capping its high-flying mission with an automated ...

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

The United States Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane touched down to earth on Friday after spending 434 days in orbit ...

According to Boeing, the X-37B has a body and landing operation similar to the Space Shuttle, however it is smaller, ...

On March 7, 2025, at 02:22 am EST, the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7) successfully deorbited and ...

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

Since then, each successive flight has pushed for longer durations, with OTV-6 still holding the record at 909 days before landing in Florida in 2022. Classified X-37B robotic space plane mission ...

The U.S. Space Force's unmanned spaceplane exited orbit after 434 days and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

Following the successful testing of “aerobraking to a Low Earth Orbit” and the completion of the various tests, the X-37B “performed its deorbit and landing procedures ” and returned to ...

According to the Space Force, take-off and landing at different locations demonstrate the flexibility of the system. "Mission 7 broke new ground by demonstrating the X-37B's ability to flexibly ...