The secretive X-37B spaceplane has just returned from its latest highly classified, long-duration mission. On Mar. 7, 2025, at 07.22 UTC (2.22AM EST), the Boeing X-37B landed at Vandenberg Space ...

The uncrewed Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) launched aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket (a first for the program) from Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 2023, kicking off its seventh mission, designated USSF ...

Despite the scant public information, the program has been busy. OTV-6 spent a record 908 days in orbit—breaking OTV-5’s previous record of 780 days. Harrison Kass is a senior defense and ...

That record was set during the OTV-6 mission, which spent 908 days in orbit between May 2020 and November 2022. In fact, every X-37B flight since 2011 has spent a longer time in space than OTV-7 ...

The X-37B spacecraft’s latest mission was shorter than the last but tried several new maneuvers and approaches during its ...

Mission seven launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on December 28, 2023, taking off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's ...

The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after circling the world for 434 days.

Manu Prasad, a prime witness in the ongoing probe of former Odisha minister Naba Das’ cook death case, sustained severe injuries following a road accident with a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in ...