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.

SpaceX launched the X-37B spaceplane using the Falcon 9 rocket in what happens to be the 8th secret, Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) mission named USSF-36. The spaceplane was launched at 11:50 pm EDT in ...

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 ...

A U.S. spaceplane will head to the heavens next month to test a quantum sensor that could help navigation in orbit without GPS, and to demonstrate new methods of space-based communications, the Space ...

It's been a while since the X-37B spaceplane has been in the news. After it completed its seventh flight into space some six month ago, the aircraft disappeared from our radars, heading back to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- The launch of a secret mission by the newest addition to the military family, the U.S. Space Force, was delayed Saturday. The Atlas V rocket was scheduled to leave Cape ...

Less than six months after concluding a year-plus mission in orbit, the Space Force’s top-secret X-37B space plane is gearing up for its eighth mission in just over 15 years. As the Orlando Sentinel ...

After more than a decade of development and testing, US military officials are finally ready to entrust United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket to haul a batch of national security satellites into ...

U.S. Space Force has awarded multiple small contracts to companies to help develop prototypes for a crucial but unproven technology that will be used in President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” defense ...

For the first time in nearly a decade and a half, a Minotaur has streaked through Californian skies. A Minotaur IV rocket lifted off from the Golden State's Vandenberg Space Force Base today (April 16 ...

Why Space Force is launching a not-so-secret, secret military spaceplane A not-so-secret, secret reusable spaceplane operated by the United States Space Force is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy ...