Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Space Force’s secretive X-37B is a reusable, unmanned spaceplane whose true mission remains a mystery. -Its eighth mission, launched August 21, 2025, has reignited ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing (BA) [NYSE: BA]-built X 37B Orbital Test Vehicle launched today on its eighth mission, lifting off at 11:50PM ET aboard a SpaceX ...

How the money for this classified project will be spent is unknown. U.S. President Trump's "One, Big Beautiful Bill Act," H.R. 1 includes $1 billion for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) X-37B military ...

What does it take to explore deep space without so much as a single GPS signal and move data at speeds that leave radio in the dust? The U.S. Space Force will soon learn, as its Boeing-developed X‑37B ...

The US military’s reusable winged spaceship rocketed back into orbit Thursday night atop a SpaceX rocket, kicking off a mission that will, among other things, demonstrate how future spacecraft can ...

"We want to look at the effects of long-term exposure to space — as if the Zylon material is going for a potential six- to nine-month mission to Mars." The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is ...