Can one, unmanned spaceplane spend more than 4,200 days in orbit, peaceably making records and shaping the future of military and civilian space operations? The Boeing-produced X-37B Orbital Test ...

Space X's Falcon Heavy rocket returned to the skies Thursday night, launching a mysterious spacecraft for the U.S. military. The rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It's ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off late Thursday, propelling a reusable X-37B Space Force rocket plane into space on a classified long-duration mission. It was the eighth such flight since the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing (BA) [NYSE: BA]-built X 37B Orbital Test Vehicle launched today on its eighth mission, lifting off at 11:50PM ET aboard a SpaceX ...

Should the eighth mission scheduled for August 21 occur as planned, it is believed that the X-37B spacecraft will spend more than a year in orbit. In May, the People’s Republic of China demonstrated a ...

How the money for this classified project will be spent is unknown. U.S. President Trump's "One, Big Beautiful Bill Act," H.R. 1 includes $1 billion for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) X-37B military ...

The problem with keeping orbital objects secret is that they’re visible to literally everyone on the planet under the orbital path who thinks to look for them, but otherwise the Department of Defense ...

Yahoo College & High School Sports is powered by On3, delivering expert recruiting, NIL, and transfer portal news. Contrary to rampant speculation, the United States military's secretive X-37B space ...

Each mission, except the first, has lasted over 400 days, meaning this one could extend into the fall of 2026. The US Space Force’s space plane will return to orbit in August, according to a July 28 ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing (BA) [NYSE: BA]-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is preparing to launch its eighth mission (OTV-8) from Florida's Space Coast ...