Built by Boeing Co.’s advanced research lab, Phantom Works, in Huntington Beach, Calif., the X-37 would be the first U.S. unmanned spacecraft to be launched into space and land on its own.

After an experimental test mission lasting over 220 days, the Boeing X-37B successfully de-orbited and landed safely at Vandenberg Air Force Base last week, making it the United States' first ...

GOLDEN, Colo. — After nearly seven months of flight, the U.S. Air Force’s latest X-37 robotic space plane is nearing a milestone in its secret mission in Earth orbit as it chalks up distance ...

Boeing Phantom Works president George Meullner says the X-37 would be launched on an expendable booster rather than deployed from the Space Shuttle payload bay as first planned. The 8.4m (27.5ft ...

MOSCOW, April 23. /TASS/. US Boeing X-37 orbital spacecraft may carry reconnaissance tools or weapons of mass destruction, Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday.

The X-37B program has been an orphan of sorts, bouncing since its inception in 1999 between several federal agencies, NASA among them. It now resides under the Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office.

Boeing is continuing construction of the X-37 orbital testbed at a normal pace, despite uncertainty over the program's future that may not be resolved until late this year, when a decision is ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/Boeing X-37 made its first captive-carry flight last week under the Scaled Composites White Knight carrier aircraft. Another captive-carry flight is ...

With that craft scheduled to be retired from service next year the U.S. Air Force's Boeing X-37 program is focused on demonstrating a next generation unmanned reusable spaceplane.

NASA/US Air Force X-37 flight demonstrator at Palmdale in preparation for drop tests from a Boeing-built NASA B-52 aircraft next year.