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 ...

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

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

Over the next four years, the X-37 underwent several design iterations to achieve a more aerodynamic design than the Space Shuttle orbiter. It was initially intended to launch from the cargo bay ...

B are classified. Still, it is critical to the U.S. Space Force’s ability to conduct space operations in the increasingly ...

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

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 ...

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

Col. Joseph Fritschen, X-37B program director, said in a 2023 pre-launch press release. When is the next launch? Is there a ...

The spacecraft is flown into space with a launch vehicle, in this mission’s case a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket, then autonomously re-enters the Earth. The vehicle can then be refurbished and re ...