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Pentagon plans to keep X-37B spaceplane under Air Force management

August 18, 2020 Stephen Clark

The U.S. military’s X-37B spaceplane program will remain under Air Force management for the foreseeable future, and won’t join other Pentagon space programs turned over to the Space Force after the establishment of the new service branch last year.

Mission Reports

U.S. military spaceplane breaks its own longevity record in orbit

August 27, 2019 Stephen Clark

A robotic U.S. military spaceplane surpassed 719 days in orbit Monday, setting a new record for the longest flight of the Air Force’s winged X-37B orbiting experiment platform nearly two years after launching from Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Atlas 5

Atlas 5 slips at payload’s request

April 10, 2015 Justin Ray

The next Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral will be delayed two weeks to resolve an undisclosed issue with the payload, United Launch Alliance officials announced Friday.

Atlas 5

Mysterious mini spaceplane the next Atlas 5 payload

March 30, 2015 Justin Ray

With its new homeport in renovated NASA space shuttle hangars off in the distance, the Air Force’s X-37 mini spaceplane will be launched from Cape Canaveral on May 6 for its fourth journey into orbit.

News Headlines

  • SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    June 12, 2025
  • SpaceX to debut its fifth and final Crew Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 4
    June 10, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    June 10, 2025
  • Live coverage: SpaceX to launch fourth commercial Axiom mission to the space station
    June 9, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    June 7, 2025
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