Editor's note: The video above is from August when the vehicle broke its own record for most days in space. An unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane returned to Earth Sunday morning after more than two ...
The X-37B flies for years at a time, launches payloads, lands itself, and then disappears back into secrecy. The U.S. says it ...
Key Points and Summary - The X-37B is a reusable, unmanned U.S. spaceplane used as an orbital testbed since 2010. -Its long, classified missions and agile maneuvering fuel Chinese claims it could ...
The U.S. military's X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini ...
The U.S. military's elusive X-37B space plane has postponed its next launch by three days. Based on the rocket its riding on, the secretive spacecraft is likely launching farther than ever before.
Officially designated the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), the X-37 program began in 1999 under NASA as a testbed for reusable spacecraft technologies, ie., advanced thermal protection, autonomous reentry, ...