On Aug. 21, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the Boeing-built X-37B Space Force space plane to orbit on its eighth mission.

The Falcon 9 rocket steered downrange and headed northeast from Florida's Space Coast. The rocket's first stage booster ...

The Boeing (BA)-built X 37B Orbital Test Vehicle launched on Friday on its eighth mission, lifting off at 11:50PM ET aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from ...

SpaceX launched an X-37B military space plane on a Falcon 9 rocket late Thursday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape ...

The spacecraft flew from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. While many of the experiments it ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted into space on Thursday night carrying the US military’s secretive X-37B drone. The rocket ...

The uncrewed X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral on Thursday evening aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Live updates from USSF-36 mission, which launched at 11:50 p.m. Aug. 21 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.

During its secretive mission, the X-37B will test new laser communications gear and a "quantum" navigation sensor.

The company has launched two prior X-37B missions for the Space Force. OTV-5 launched Sept. 17, 2017, on a Falcon 9, while OTV-7 launched Dec. 29, 2023, on a Falcon Heavy rocket—the program’s first ...

The MD-11s are approaching their operational life, and newer, more efficient types are taking over their role.