Nov. 13, 2022 X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle concludes 6th successful mission The U.S. Space Force’s unmanned, reusable spaceplane, X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-6, successfully deorbited and landed after completing a 908-day mission.
June 5, 2020 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Dec. 10, 2019 VCSAF Wilson visits B-21, X-37B facilities in Florida Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson recently visited two separate sites associated with the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.
July 22, 2019 Donovan visits B-21, X-37B facilities, L3 Harris Technologies Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan visited Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Design and Development Headquarters and the Kennedy Space Center to review the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Processing Facility, as well as the newly merged L3 Harris Technologies, Inc.
July 1, 2019 AFRL puts new technologies into space aboard world’s most powerful launch vehicle The rocket carried 24 experimental satellites into space, including the Green Propellant Infusion Mission spacecraft, which enables the first ever on-orbit demonstration of the AFRL developed Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant.
June 25, 2019 Air Force Research Laboratory prepares DSX spacecraft for launch The DoD Space Test Program mission, or STP-2, managed by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, June 24.
April 19, 2019 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Feb. 7, 2018 Reserve Airmen support SpaceX Falcon Heavy milestone launch Reserve Airmen are used to supporting milestone rocket launches, and have supported manned spaceflight launches through the years; however, they have never supported a rocket toting a car.SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk’s cherry red Roadster from Tesla, his electric car company, was the payload on the Falcon
May 9, 2017 Around the Air Force: May 9 On this look around the Air Force, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-4 returns from its 718-day mission and the U.S. Air Force Academy superintendent testifies before Congress on the Academy’s sexual assault prevention and response programs.
May 7, 2017 X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-4 lands at Kennedy Space Center The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 (OTV-4), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility May 7, 2017.