Summary and Key Points: As of February 2026, the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B continues its eighth mission (OTV-8), having ...

Florida's Space Coast has become known for its rocket launches, which has notably increased in the past few years. Aside from the "ooh, ahh" factor of a launch virtually morning, noon or night − with ...

The X-37B spaceplane sits at the center of a quiet but intense argument over the future of warfare in orbit. Russian and Chinese officials have not publicly detailed its missions, yet their diplomatic ...

An X-37B space plane touches down at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 17, 2014 to end a 22-month secret mission for the U.S. military. It marked the third X-37B space plane flight since ...

On August 21, 2025, a small but powerful space plane will once again head into orbit, carrying with it experiments that could redefine how humans travel through space. The X-37B, a reusable orbital ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off late Thursday, propelling a reusable X-37B Space Force rocket plane into space on a classified long-duration mission. It was the eighth such flight since the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX late Thursday launched another X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission for the U.S. Space Force. The USSF-36 mission took off at 11:50 p.m. Aug. 21 from Launch Complex ...

An uncrewed U.S. Air Force space plane has just broken the record for time spent in orbit. What it's specifically been doing up there has been kept a tightly guarded secret. The X-37B, which looks ...

The Space Coast is in for two rare launches this coming week − the mysterious Space Force space plane and a space station resupply mission for NASA. Of course, this is if the weather doesn't ruin the ...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Air Force's second X-37B robot space plane, the Orbital Test Vehicle 2 (OTV-2), launches from its Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida's Cape ...

Auroras on Earth are a stunning sight to behold — and a rare one at that from Florida and most of the continental U.S. Lucky enough to have witnessed a phenomenon that in the Northern Hemisphere is ...

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