A secret, experimental space plane will be performing a new kind of specialized brake maneuver as it returns to Earth’s atmosphere, the U.S. Space Force announced. The X-37B is a secret ...

The Air Force is poised to launch the new X-37B robot spaceship Thursday on a mystery mission to test new space technologies.

The X-37B represents the pinnacle of spacecraft. Designed to operate in low-earth orbit, between 150 to 500 miles above the Earth, the X-37B is the first spaceship since the Space Shuttle with the ...

A secretive US spaceship is about to attempt unprecedented flight maneuvers above Earth. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) is an experimental space plane operated by the United States Space ...

A look at the U.S. Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane, which has flown four secret, long-duration missions in Earth orbit to date. ... then lost control of its giant spaceship (video) ...

A secretive Space Force ship has returned to earth after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The Boeing-made X-37B vessel was quietly launched by SpaceX in 2023 from NASA’s ...

An investigation into a rocket glitch may delay the planned Oct. 25 launch of the U.S. military's enigmatic X-37B space plane, Air Force officials say. The anomaly occurred Oct. 4, when a Delta 4 ...

Space.com: A robotic Air Force space plane that launched in late April under a shroud of secrecy is most likely an orbital spy vehicle, and not a space weapon or weapon platform, a former U.S. Air ...

At 7:52 p.m. last night, an Air Force Atlas 501 rocket shot the capsule enclosed X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space from Cape Canaveral. Resembling a small space shuttle, the OTV was built in ...

Top secret X-37B space plane will execute a 'never-before-seen-manoeuvre' ... Often a ship will use aerobraking to change an orbit or slow a ship enough so that gravity will pull it down to a planet.

The United States Air Force's novel robotic X-37B space plane is tucked inside the bulbous nose cone of an unmanned rocket that blasted off Thursday from Florida on a mission shrouded in secrecy.

A secretive Space Force ship has returned to earth after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The ...