Called aerobraking, the technique allows the highly classified craft to change orbit without using propellant—and some are ...

The X-37B's most recent mission, known as OTV-7 (for "Orbital Test Vehicle-7"), saw the space plane launch atop a SpaceX ...

In a cutting-edge milestone for orbital innovation, the U.S. military's secretive X-37B space plane has begun advanced ...

X-37B started executing a series of aerobraking maneuvers to change from a highly elliptical orbit to a lower orbit.

Slamming the Aerobrakes The US military's top secret X-37B space plane, which has been orbiting the Earth since December 2023 ...

In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, scientists have successfully integrated a crucial ...

China's rapid advancement in space technology and the military integration of these capabilities marks a pivotal shift in ...

Starfish Space has raised $29 million to support the development of its first three Otter orbital servicing vehicles.

The International Space Station - a blazing symbol of humanity’s destiny to move out across the cosmos - must be saved from ...

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As detailed in a Boeing Space video, the plane has started "performing advanced ... our apogee one pass at a time until we get to the orbital regime that we want to be in," Boeing engineer John ...