The United States Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane touched down to earth on Friday after spending 434 days in orbit ...

Its last launch on Jan. 16 failed right after liftoff when the upper stage of SpaceX's uncrewed Starship rocket exploded ...

"The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the U.S. Space Force’s commitment to pushing the bounds of ...

U.S. Space Force's unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 has concluded its seventh mission, successfully deorbiting and ...

B are classified. Still, it is critical to the U.S. Space Force’s ability to conduct space operations in the increasingly ...

SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is known for its Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Starship rockets. Sometimes after liftoff a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket displays a “jellyfish” effect in the sky.

The vehicle has been in orbit for well over a year now, having launched on its seventh mission on Dec. 28, 2023 atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. And now, the X-37B has notched another milestone ...

The plane is known as the X-37B, and it launched atop a Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 28, 2023. The uncrewed ...

Taking what it’s learned from the Falcon 9 system, engineers have designed a similar descent technique to bring home the Super Heavy soon after it’s deployed the Starship to orbit. But whereas ...