Refreshing the importance of flexibility in space operations, the X-37B demonstrated its capability to launch and recover systems across multiple sites, a move aimed at enhancing operational ...

Chance Saltzman. The first five X-37B missions were sent to orbit via Atlas V rockets made by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The sixth mission saw a ...

The new platform has logged over 1.3 billion miles and thousands of days in space over its seven missions since its first launch in April of 2010. An artist's rendition of the X-37B conducting ...

The Boeing-made X-37B vessel was quietly launched by SpaceX ... USSF landed the flight to exercise the ship’s rapid ability to launch and recover its systems across multiple sites, the agency ...

"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." ...

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 ...

Mission seven launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on December 28, 2023, taking off from Launch Complex 39A at ... Late last year, the X-37B conducted a series of aerobraking maneuvers using ...

The Space Force's top-secret X-37B spaceplane has landed after spending well over a year orbiting the Earth. The enigmatic space plane launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in December 2023.

The United States Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane touched down to earth on Friday after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The unmanned Boeing-made aircraft ...