The USSF-52 mission is set to take off on December 7. The Falcon Heavy rocket will usher the X-37B spaceship into space from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A report from the U.S. Space ...

The X-37B remains enigmatic. Development of this technologically advanced, reusable aircraft began at NASA in 1999. Initially, two separate vehicles were considered, but only one was ultimately ...

In case you forgot it was still up there. That U.S. Space Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) has silently slipped past one-year of flight time. The craft is engaged in performing aerobrake ...

“This important mission will host more experiments than any prior X-37B flight, including two NASA experiments,” then-Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett said in May 2020. “One is a ...

Here’s how it works. That U.S. Space Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) has silently slipped past one-year of flight time. The craft is engaged in performing aerobrake maneuvers ...

WSJ’s Shelby Holliday looks at what the U.S.’s Boeing-made X-37B spacecraft is capable of doing, and how these launches underscore the intensifying space race between superpowers. Photo ...

The X-37B will reach orbit atop an Atlas V booster, reenter the atmosphere autonomously, and land in California. Video: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content ...