The Space Force launched its X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle late last night for its eighth mission, sending the spaceplane to run a slate of experiments on next-generation technologies.

Within six months of touching down from a 434-day orbital mission in March, Boeing’s X-37B spaceplane is back in action.

On Aug. 21, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the Boeing-built X-37B Space Force space plane to orbit on its eighth mission.

The Falcon 9 rocket steered downrange and headed northeast from Florida's Space Coast. The rocket's first stage booster ...

SpaceX launched an X-37B military space plane on a Falcon 9 rocket late Thursday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape ...

The spacecraft flew from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. While many of the experiments it ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted into space on Thursday night carrying the US military’s secretive X-37B drone. The rocket ...

The uncrewed X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral on Thursday evening aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Live updates from USSF-36 mission, which launched at 11:50 p.m. Aug. 21 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.

During its secretive mission, the X-37B will test new laser communications gear and a "quantum" navigation sensor.

The MD-11s are approaching their operational life, and newer, more efficient types are taking over their role.