The U.S. military's X-37B space plane is about to begin a series of novel maneuvers, according to a rare official update on the spacecraft. The robotic X-37B has been in a highly elliptical ...

After more than nine months in an unusual, highly elliptical orbit, the US military's X-37B spaceplane will soon begin dipping its wings into Earth's atmosphere to lower its altitude before ...

The United States Space Force shared a new update on its X-37B spaceplane which has been exploring the Earth's orbit for around 10 months now, to make its way back to the planet and conclude its ...

One of the US Space Force’s (sort of) secret space planes known as the X-37B is gearing up to shift its orbit in a big way. According to an official October 10 announcement from the USSF ...

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An artist's rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking maneuver using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere. (Boeing Space) Ten months into its latest and largely classified mission, the Space ...

The innovative use of aerobraking will allow the X-37B to efficiently and safely dispose of the service module, using minimal fuel thanks to decades of experience of the scientific community ...

Despite being top-secret, the Pentagon is promising that its X-37b spaceplane is going to do some sick-ass stunts in the upper atmosphere soon. As SpaceNews reports, the Department of Defense's ...

Despite being top-secret, the Pentagon is promising that its X-37b spaceplane is going to do some sick-ass stunts in the upper atmosphere soon. As SpaceNews reports, the Department of Defense's ...