Bell's revolutionary X-plane rotorcraft has received the green light to progress to the building and testing of a demonstrator aircraft. DARPA has down-selected the craft to move to Phase 2 of the ...

The X-37B space plane, recently returned from a 430+ day mission, is preparing for its eighth launch. Scheduled for no earlier than August 21st from Kennedy Space Center, the mission will focus on ...

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 ...

The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket tonight (Aug. 21), carrying a variety of ...

"We want to look at the effects of long-term exposure to space — as if the Zylon material is going for a potential six- to nine-month mission to Mars." The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is ...

When the X-37B launches on its eighth mission no earlier than Aug. 21, it will carry an experimental quantum inertial sensor. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication ...

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned space plane has successfully returned to Earth after a novel aerobraking maneuver during its 7th flight.