Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound transportation.

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 ...

NASA’s long-promised space plane is finally on the cusp of leaving the runway behind and heading for orbit, a decade after the agency first backed the concept. The lifting-body vehicle known as Dream ...

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 ...

There was a time, not long ago, when airplanes flew in the skies of the world with spaceships placed on their backs. For those of you who still remember those times, but also for those curious about ...

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base Thursday night. Credit: U.S. Space Force ...

The launch is set for Thursday, August 21, at 11:50 p.m. ET. Catch the action live right here. Reading time 2 minutes The U.S. Space Force’s experimental spaceplane, X-37B, is ready for another go in ...