It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force hitched a ride on SpaceX to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration

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

B1091 is in fact a Falcon Heavy center core that will fly in a single stick configuration a handful of times before being reconfigured and flying as a Falcon Heavy. This way we get some use out of it while the Heavy customer finishes up the payload while also reducing risk as it…

Watch how the atmospheric re-entry of one of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy's fairings, reported to be traveling at more than 15 times the speed of sound. Credit: SpaceX | Mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

If all goes according to plan, Falcon Heavy will ignite its three large boosters around 1:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday and send its payload - founder Elon Musk's own midnight cherry red Tesla Roadster ...

The X-37B has launched atop multiple rockets from different providers. The spaceplane’s first four flights, starting in 2010, were launched atop an Atlas V 501, configured with a five-meter fairing and no solid rocket boosters. The spaceplane is enclosed in a payload fairing during ascent.

Elon Musk issued congratulations to his SpaceX rocket and launch team on achieving 100 launches already this year. Musk said the record is impressive given t

B, was launched on its eighth lengthy orbital mission but its role in the superpower’s fast-expanding space defense efforts such as Golden Dome may be limited — and the future of winged spacecraft is unclear.