On April 22, 2010, the U.S. Air Force launched the super-secret X-37B space plane on its first spaceflight. [ This space plane is also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle. It looks a lot like NASA's ...

The US Space Force has released the first-ever image of its X-37B space plane in orbit. Captured while conducting experiments above the African continent, the image shows the spacecraft’s solar ...

The US Space Force has released the first-ever image of its X-37B space plane in orbit. Captured while conducting experiments above the African continent, the image shows the spacecraft’s solar ...

The X-37B just landed after 434 days in space doing... who knows what. The US Space Force’s little plane kept its mission pretty secretive. Launched on a SpaceX rocket, it did some aerobreaking ...

Boeing's X-37B spaceplane, depicted here, is one product line the company says it could ramp up for the Pentagon's Golden Dome effort. (Boeing Space) The head of Boeing’s space mission systems ...

The Talon-A2 is an advanced air-launch plane ... Space Force Base, as seen in this video linking Stratolaunch's vision back to the pioneering days of the U.S. Air Force and NASA’s legendary X ...

This is the first time anyone in the United States has flown a reusable hypersonic rocket plane since the last flight of the ...

While he did not into additional detail, industry sources said a likely factor in the delays was the March 7 landing of the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane at Vandenberg. The runway and ...

This process is conceptually similar to how the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B used aerobraking in early 2025. The U.S. Space Force reported that its unmanned spaceplane, X-37B, used aerobraking.

The Army's new 'Dark Eagle' missile owes its name to the bald eagle, the national bird of the United States. The U.S. Army launched an undisclosed hypersonic missile from Florida's Cape Canaveral ...