The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after circling the world for 434 days.

Four astronauts were all smiles Tuesday evening when they splashed down off the Florida coast on a SpaceX Dragon capsule. See ...

The agency snapped pictures of its return ... At nearly 30 feet long, it's one-fourth the size of NASA's retired Space ...

NurPhoto via Getty Images Prior to the most recent mission, the space plane was in orbit for 780 days before returning to Earth in October 2019. The space plane lands on the former space shuttle ...

SpaceX Crew-10 mission successfully docked at the International Space Station, setting the stage to rescue two stranded NASA ...

Time-lapse photo shows progression to Blood Moon over ... It was also used by the space shuttle before it was leased by SpaceX for Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and future Starship launches.

noting his was the only family photo left on the moon. Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, left, and space shuttle veteran Nicole Stott speak during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor ...

A SpaceX photographer caught this time-lapse image of the March 13-14, 2025 total lunar eclipse from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space ...

This photo provided by United States Space Force the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg ...

US Military's Mini Space Shuttle Returns to Earth After Orbiting ... in California was not announced until hours after the fact. Photos showed the white-and-black space plane parked on the runway ...

(AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday ... was not announced until hours after the fact. Photos showed the white-and-black space plane parked ...