Called aerobraking, the technique allows the highly classified craft to change orbit without using propellant—and some are ...

B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane's aerobraking maneuvers help change the spacecraft's orbit.

X-37B started executing a series of aerobraking maneuvers to change from a highly elliptical orbit to a lower orbit.

Built by Boeing, the X37B space plane has performed a first-of-its kind aerobraking maneuver in the upper atmosphere.

Slamming the Aerobrakes The US military's top secret X-37B space plane, which has been orbiting the Earth since December 2023 ...

B space plane has just pulled off a bunch of fancy flight maneuvers for the first time. In a rare display of transparency ...

stated a report in the New York Post. Another report in Live Science stated that X-37B, a covert, remotely operated spacecraft developed by Boeing, is designed for undisclosed missions under the ...

Four days later on May 20, Ambassador Robert Wood, the US alternate representative for special political affairs in the United Nations, claimed Russia’s latest ... the X-37B would only extend this ...

What can be expected of a second Trump administration on space policy? In short, a mixture of continuity and change.

This mission marks the first time the X-37B has employed aerobraking, a manoeuvre previously used by NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey spacecraft, as well as the European Space Agency ...