We've never before seen the mysterious spacecraft in orbit, and only the U.S. Air Force knows what its doing up there

X-37B floats in the upper portion of the picture, one of its gallium arsenide solar panels visible on the left. The Space Force said the image was captured by an "onboard camera used to ensure the health and safety of [X-37B].

B, which has been in space since December 2023 as part of its seventh mission, remains shrouded in mystery. The United States has not disclosed the shuttle's true purpose while orbiting, nor what data it collects.

This photo—which conspicuously does not include the aircraft it was taken from—was captured during the X-37B’s seventh mission. Slowing Down. The release marks the first tim