A U.S. X-37B space plane is slated to test a new way of rapidly changing its orbit, part of the Space Force’s quest for fuel-sipping maneuverability. The spacecraft will experiment with aerobraking, ...

The US Space Force's secret space plane, the X-37B, shared an image from orbit for the first time. The reusable orbital test vehicle captured the image of Earth last year during its seventh mission.

B—but it can rapidly change orbits, deploy payloads, or conduct on-orbit servicing, giving it clear intelligence or ...

China's mysterious Shenlong space plane has released an unidentified object in orbit — the seventh such object released in the past six months. The U.S. Space Force is monitoring the situation. When ...

A U.S. spaceplane will head to the heavens next month to test a quantum sensor that could help navigation in orbit without GPS, and to demonstrate new methods of space-based communications, the Space ...

For the first time, we’re seeing an image from the record-breaking US military space plane while in Earth orbit. Over the weekend, the US Space Force shared a photo taken by the spacecraft X-37B ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA's Kennedy ...

In 2000, hacker Gary McKinnon broke into U.S. government computers and claimed to find evidence of a secret space program. What he saw sparked panic—and a decade-long fight for his freedom. ‘Not ...