Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida's Space Coast has become known for its rocket launches, which has notably increased in the past few years. Aside from the ...

NASA's received marching orders to develop and build a nuclear reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s. The reason? The United States is now in a renewed space race with Russia and China to build a power ...

-America’s X-37B space plane looks like a scaled-down shuttle, but it has become one of the most consequential military programs of the post-Cold War era. -Born as a NASA technology demonstrator and ...

Redaction and operational security in low Earth orbit The photograph originated during the Orbital Test Vehicle OTV-7 mission ...

Update Aug. 22, 9:47 a.m. EDT: Added quotes and information about other national security missions. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered off launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

The US military’s robotic mini-space shuttle dropped out of orbit and glided to a runway in California late Thursday, ending a 434-day mission that pioneered new ways of maneuvering in space. The ...

The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is set to launch its eighth mission from Kennedy Space Center. The mission, designated USSF-36, will focus on testing laser communications and a new navigation ...

Many details about the X-37B are classified. Still, it is critical to the U.S. Space Force’s ability to conduct space operations in the increasingly contested space environment. The United States ...

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 ...

TL;DR: The U.S. Space Force has successfully completed the seventh mission of the X-37B, an unmanned spaceplane that spent over 434 days in orbit. While its exact purpose remains classified, ...

The Space Coast is in for two rare launches this coming week − the mysterious Space Force space plane and a space station resupply mission for NASA. Of course, this is if the weather doesn't ruin the ...