SpaceX, United Launch Alliance rockets have sent secret X-37B mini shuttle to orbit many times. Photos show what it looks like, how it gets to space.

Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven rocketed into orbit this evening, setting off on a space station construction mission cut short by launch delays that dragged on for more than a month.

A United States military mini shuttle launched Thursday night to conduct unspecified experiments in space. SpaceX powered the launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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 mis… ...

It won't have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft—which looks like a miniature space shuttle—back for a long-duration mission to orbit during a ...