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

"The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the U.S. Space Force’s commitment to pushing the bounds of novel space operations in a safe and responsible manner." ...

Adding economic impact, DFJ's "ultra-high-net-worth customers" pilots and crew chiefs will stay in hotels for weeks while their aircraft are revamped.

The space plane was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida by SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket in 2023 in what was its seventh mission. The aircraft is solar-powered, reusable and ...

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches USSF-52 carrying a U.S. Space Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. [Credit: U.S. Space Force] At the time of its ...

The spacecraft, X-37B, is a top-secret, experimental space plane. The US ... X-37B's Mission 7 was the first launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket to a Highly Elliptical Orbit," read the USSF ...

After leaving PayPal in 2000 with $180M, Elon Musk launched Tesla and SpaceX to innovate electric cars and Mars-bound rockets ...

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 was launched into space by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy for a classified, long-duration military mission for the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 29, 2023, CBS News previously ...

The X-37B spaceplane touched down on Runway 12 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 11:22 pm local time Thursday (2 ...