Can one, unmanned spaceplane spend more than 4,200 days in orbit, peaceably making records and shaping the future of military and civilian space operations? The Boeing-produced X-37B Orbital Test ...

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 ...

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 ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing (BA) [NYSE: BA]-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is preparing to launch its eighth mission (OTV-8) from Florida's Space Coast ...

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 ...

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 ...

Should the eighth mission scheduled for August 21 occur as planned, it is believed that the X-37B spacecraft will spend more than a year in orbit. In May, the People’s Republic of China demonstrated a ...

(TNS) — It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to orbit ...

Each mission, except the first, has lasted over 400 days, meaning this one could extend into the fall of 2026. The US Space Force’s space plane will return to orbit in August, according to a July 28 ...

How the money for this classified project will be spent is unknown. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. U.S. President Trump's "One, ...

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 ...