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

OTV-8 is the third X-37B mission to launch on a SpaceX rocket. (Two have employed Falcon 9s and one lifted off on a Falcon ...

A Falcon 9 rocket will launch the mission, USSF-36, from Pad 39A, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, carrying ...

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

The Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center this week. Here's what we know ...

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 X-37B space plane, recently returned from a 430+ day mission, is preparing for its eighth launch. Scheduled for no ...

SpaceX launched the X-37B space plane for the U.S. Space Force on Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center, In Florida, at 11:50 p.m. EDT. File Photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Shanks/U.S. Space Force/UPI Aug.

It’s unclear how long OTV-8 will last, but if past missions are any indication, the unpiloted plane will remain above the planet for a while. X-37B’s most recent mission launched on December 28, 2023 ...

The launch is set for Thursday, August 21, at 11:50 p.m. ET. Catch the action live right here. The U.S. Space Force’s ...

Space Force is sending the X-37B up once again, this time to test laser communications and a “quantum inertial sensor.” ...

On August 21, 2025, a small but powerful space plane will once again head into orbit, carrying with it experiments that could ...