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September 23, 2020

Breaking News

[ September 21, 2020 ] NASA lays out $28 billion plan to return astronauts to the moon in 2024 News
[ September 18, 2020 ] Jupiter looms large in spectacular Hubble image News
[ September 18, 2020 ] Next SpaceX launch will wait for improved ocean conditions Falcon 9
[ September 17, 2020 ] China successfully launches satellites from ocean-going platform Mission Reports
[ September 17, 2020 ] ULA targeting Sept. 26 for next Delta 4-Heavy launch attempt Delta 4

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

August 18, 2020

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.

X-37B’s return to Cape Canaveral in images

October 29, 2019

The U.S. Air Force has released an infrared video and additional images from Sunday’s landing of the military’s X-37B spaceplane in Florida after a top secret mission that lasted more than two years.

U.S. military’s X-37B spaceplane lands in Florida

October 27, 2019

The U.S. Air Force’s reusable Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane returned to Earth early Sunday with a touchdown at NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a few miles away from where it launched 780 days ago atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.