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 ...

By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Nov 6, 2022 The U.S. military’s uncrewed space plane has set a record for its longest flight in orbit. The X-37B craft has now been circling the earth for 902 days ...

After nearly a year in orbit, the US Space Force's secretive X-37B is prepped to perform some fancy new maneuvers to alter ...

Ten months into its latest and largely classified mission, the Space Force's X-37B spaceplane is embarking on a new set of ...

The U.S. and China recently launched secretive space missions using high-tech space planes. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday looks at what the U.S.’s Boeing-made X-37B spacecraft is capable of doing, and ...

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On May 7, the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida got a loud surprise. One of the Air Force's two secret X-37B space planes announced its re-entry to Earth with a loud sonic boom.

as well as the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B, which has been in orbit for over a year. The common goal is to develop reliable reusable spacecraft.

Meet the X-37B – In the latest iteration of the Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy, China is cited as America’s “pacing military threat,” rather than just a “global competitor.” ...