The United States military is preparing to launch its secretive X-37B space plane on a seventh mission in orbit. The uncrewed vehicle, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, is slated to blast ...

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.

The Space Force's top-secret aircraft has been in a highly elliptical high Earth orbit since December 2023. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The United States Space Force just offered a rare glimpse of its shadowy X-37B space plane in orbit. And now, the X-37B has notched another milestone with the Space Force's release of this photo ...

The United States Space Force released a rare photo of its secretive X-37B space plane in orbit. The image, shared on X by the agency, is the first-ever image that has been shown to the public ...

Following the aerobraking maneuvers, the X-37B will resume its test and experimentation objectives, according to the statement. The space plane will then de-orbit and land, as is done on its six ...

It’s not every day that we get to see a glimpse of what a mysterious space plane is up to in orbit. This week, the US Space Force shared a picture it says was snapped last year by the X-37B ...

The X-37B took off on Dec. 28, 2023. While Space Force is open about launch dates and the final length in time for each of the space plane’s missions, exact details on its actions in orbit have ...

The X-33 was designed to launch vertically like a rocket, but land on a runway like a plane, with the goal of reducing the cost of sending a pound of payload into orbit from $10,000 to just $1,000.