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.

Can one, unmanned spaceplane spend more than 4,200 days in orbit, peaceably making records and shaping the future of military ...

The OTV-8 demonstration of laser communications will be a significant milestone in the U.S. Space Force’s ability to leverage ...

Each mission, except the first, has lasted over 400 days, meaning this one could extend into the fall of 2026.

The X-37B is slated to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 21 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space ...

The U.S. Space Force will launch the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on Aug. 21, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The U.S ...

It’s unclear how long OTV-8 will last, but if past missions are any indication, the unpiloted plane will remain above the ...

A secretive U.S. spaceship is set to launch into orbit. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7), an experimental space plane ...

This mission will test the aircraft's GPS-denied navigation capabilities and hardened, laser-based communication systems.

Just a few months after wrapping up its seventh test flight in orbit, Space Force’s experimental vehicle known as X-37B is ...

The aerospace titan and U.S. Space Force on Tuesday said the spacecraft’s eighth mission, OTV-8, is scheduled to launch on ...

A U.S. spaceplane will head to the heavens next month to test a quantum sensor that could help navigation in orbit without ...