The X-37 program sits in a rare sweet spot: officially real, visually documented, and yet operationally opaque. The uncrewed X-37B is roughly a quarter scale of the Space Shuttle, carries a small ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks away from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to begin the USSF-36 mission with the X-37B spaceplane onboard. More than eight minutes after liftoff, the ...

The US military’s reusable winged spaceship rocketed back into orbit Thursday night atop a SpaceX rocket, kicking off a mission that will, among other things, demonstrate how future spacecraft can ...

The Space Force rarely discusses the X-37B—but it can rapidly change orbits, deploy payloads, or conduct on-orbit servicing, giving it clear intelligence or counter-space value. The Boeing X-37B is a ...

The US military’s robotic mini-space shuttle dropped out of orbit and glided to a runway in California late Thursday, ending a 434-day mission that pioneered new ways of maneuvering in space. The ...

The X-37B program has been selected to receive the Aviation Week Laureates Award in the Space category, recognizing its contributions to advancing U.S. space capabilities and supporting the future of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Space Force's secret space plane, the X-37B, shared an image from orbit for the first time. The reusable orbital test ...

The unpiloted X-37B space plane is one of two winged orbiters used to carry out classified research. With its surprise landing early Sunday morning, it closed out its record 780-day mission. This was ...

The Air Force’s unmanned, reusable space plane landed in the early morning of June 16 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., a successful conclusion to a record-setting test-flight mission that began ...

The US Space Force's secret space plane, the X-37B, shared an image from orbit for the first time. The reusable orbital test vehicle captured the image of Earth last year during its seventh mission.