What does it take to explore deep space without so much as a single GPS signal and move data at speeds that leave radio in the dust? The U.S. Space Force will soon learn, as its Boeing-developed X‑37B ...

What if the world’s most sophisticated spaceplane has a navigation system that is not reliant on GPS at all? Thursday evening late, in weather that improved as Hurricane Erin had moved north into the ...

On August 21, 2025, a small but powerful space plane will once again head into orbit, carrying with it experiments that could redefine how humans travel through space. The X-37B, a reusable orbital ...

Satellite-based quantum communications are no longer speculative. They are shaping the contours of secure global connectivity ...

How the money for this classified project will be spent is unknown. U.S. President Trump's "One, Big Beautiful Bill Act," H.R. 1 includes $1 billion for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) X-37B military ...

Launch recap: Live updates from USSF-36 mission, which launched at 11:50 p.m. Aug. 21 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. Original story: The mysterious Space Force space plane is scheduled to ...

The long-running, secretive X-37B spaceplane project has a new mission on the books, according to the US Space Force. On August 21, the Boeing-developed X37 aircraft will take its eighth flight with a ...

A not-so-secret, secret reusable spaceplane operated by the United States Space Force is scheduled to lift off for its eighth mission on Thursday, Aug. 21, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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 ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built X 37B Orbital Test Vehicle launched today on its eighth mission, lifting off at 11:50PM ET aboard a SpaceX Falcon ...

It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to orbit during a late ...