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 ...

The X-37B program was developed as part of a partnership between the US Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office and the US Space Force. Current plans call for the United States Air Force to allocate ...

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 ...

The X-37B — the Air Force's ultra-secretive, astronaut-free spacecraft that looks like a miniaturized space shuttle — just broke its own flight record of 719 days in continuous orbit. What, exactly, ...

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 ...

First sustained operational sorties combine Rivet Joint intelligence gathering with Compass Call electronic attack to refine real world spectrum dominance tactics. The U.S. Force has announced a ...

Should the eighth mission scheduled for August 21 occur as planned, it is believed that the X-37B spacecraft will spend more than a year in orbit. In May, the People’s Republic of China demonstrated a ...

Each mission, except the first, has lasted over 400 days, meaning this one could extend into the fall of 2026. The US Space Force’s space plane will return to orbit in August, according to a July 28 ...

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 spacecraft program. The largely classified X-37B – also called the ...

How the money for this classified project will be spent is unknown. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. U.S. President Trump's "One, ...