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 U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is set to launch its eighth mission from Kennedy Space Center. The mission, designated USSF-36, will focus on testing laser communications and a new navigation ...

-This piece walks through why the X-37B was built, what we actually know about its missions, why China and Russia treat it like a potential space weapon, and how it is shaping the next phase of ...

The US military’s reusable winged spaceship rocketed back into orbit Thursday night atop a SpaceX rocket, kicking off a mission that will, among other things, demonstrate how future spacecraft can ...

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, ...

The X-37B military space plane is built by Boeing for the US Space Force. ULA Atlas V and SpaceX Falcon Heavy rockets have sent the X-37B space plane to orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Florida's ...