Artist rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking maneuver using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere. (Boeing Space) Ten months into its latest and largely classified mission, the Space Force’s X-37B ...
There are probably aircraft and spaceplanes in this world we literally know nothing about, and those are by all intents and purposes the true secret ones. The X-37B is only partially so: everybody ...
On April 22, 2010, the U.S. Air Force launched the super-secret X-37B space plane on its first spaceflight. [‘On This Day in ...
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 X-37B space plane, launched by SpaceX, is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 rocket booster will land at Cape Canaveral, causing a sonic boom. This mission, ...
The Space Force's top-secret spacecraft is attempting a new maneuver where it will change its orbit around the Earth without burning fuel, marking a rare public-facing announcement of the highly ...
The years-long secrecy of the X-37B program has fueled speculation about the program’s true purpose. For the first time ever, the ultra-secretive Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has posted a ...
The U.S. Space Force’s secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7, an unmanned spaceplane, completed its seventh successful mission early Friday morning when it landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...
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After spending more than a year orbiting our planet on a hush-hush mystery mission, the U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane is due to return to Earth any day now. Air Force officials haven't announced ...