China's mysterious space plane has returned to Earth after spending over 8 months in orbit. The reusable spacecraft landed at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in a remote section of northwest China ...

I've been wondering this for quite a long time. Why do the planets of our solar system all orbit the sun in (more or less) a single plane? Is it a random coincidence, or are there physical forces that ...

The United States Space Force just offered a rare glimpse of its shadowy X-37B space plane in orbit. And now, the X-37B has notched another milestone with the Space Force's release of this photo, the ...

NASA’s long-promised space plane is finally on the cusp of leaving the runway behind and heading for orbit, a decade after ...

China's mysterious reusable space plane landed on Monday, after 276 days in Earth's orbit. The nine-month mission was the longest yet for the new space plane. It had flown to orbit once before, for ...

The United States military is preparing to launch its secretive X-37B space plane on a seventh mission in orbit. The uncrewed vehicle, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, is slated to lift off ...

A year after the U.S. military’s secretive X-37B set a record for spending more than 900 days in orbit, Space Force’s space plane is heading back to outer space. U.S. Space Force confirmed this week ...

WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit successfully delivered four U.S. military satellites to low Earth orbit on June 30 as part of the company’s second successful launch of the LauncherOne rocket. While most ...

Radian is now planning to develop a single-state-to-orbit space plane that will fly into the low orbit of the Earth in the future. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images According to a report by Ars Technica, the ...

To get started, all you need is a standard A4 sheet of paper and the folding skills of a 4-year-old. Reading time 3 minutes Building a spacecraft could one day be as simple as folding a piece of paper ...

The small space plane, called the X-37Bm, has been conducting a series of experiments from the upper atmosphere for the last two years. By Nicholas Slayton / Task & Purpose Published Nov 7, 2022 7:00 ...