The X-37B is a bit like NASA's Space Shuttle — however it is uncrewed and launched as a payload as opposed to on the side of boosters. According to Boeing, the X-37B has a body and landing operation ...

MOSCOW, April 23. /TASS/. US Boeing X-37 orbital spacecraft may carry reconnaissance tools or weapons of mass destruction, Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday. "It may ...

The aerospace titan and U.S. Space Force on Tuesday said the spacecraft’s eighth mission, OTV-8, is scheduled to launch on ...

Just a few months after wrapping up its seventh test flight in orbit, Space Force’s experimental vehicle known as X-37B is ...

It’s unclear how long OTV-8 will last, but if past missions are any indication, the unpiloted plane will remain above the ...

The eighth mission is set to take off on August 21, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will send the spaceplane into orbit. Michelle Parker, vice president of Boeing Space ...

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the Boeing X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Fla.--an eighth X-37B ...

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.

The mission will test laser communications using commercial satellite networks and the use of quantum inertial sensors in GPS ...

Key Points and Summary on X-37B – The Boeing X-37B, an unmanned and reusable spaceplane operated by the U.S. Space Force, is one of America’s most secret and advanced military assets ...

As for how that $1 billion would be spent, and when the next X-37B would depart, Space.com reached out to the space plane's builder, Boeing.

This mission will test the aircraft's GPS-denied navigation capabilities and hardened, laser-based communication systems.