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X-37B: Russia and China think this is the US military’s World War III nuclear space bomber weapon
Summary and Key Points: As of February 2026, the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B continues its eighth mission (OTV-8), having launched in August 2025. -This latest mission is a high-tech "sprint" into orbit, ...
The unpiloted X-37B space plane is one of two winged orbiters used to carry out classified research. With its surprise landing early Sunday morning, it closed out its record 780-day mission. This was ...
Update 9:20 a.m. EST Sunday: SpaceX is now targeting 8:14 p.m. EST Monday to launch the secretive X-37B plane from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the USSF-52 national security mission. Original story: ...
Editor's note: The video above is from August when the vehicle broke its own record for most days in space. An unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane returned to Earth Sunday morning after more than two ...
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