Unmanned Army Army Air Vehicle “traveled” in space with Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX. The launch took place on Thursday night (21.08.2025) by Cape Kanaveral in Florida.
The space unmanned vehicle is designed to stay in orbit hundreds of days constantly. The launch of SpaceX was successfully held at 23:50 on Thursday (local time, 06:50 today Greece time), according to images broadcast directly by Elon Musk’s company.
This boat, which has no pilot and bears the name X-37B, was developed by Boeing. It looks like a small space bus, has already operated seven long -term flights and has spent more than 10 years in space, according to Space X.
The duration of his new mission was not disclosed by the US Armed Forces, which little information has announced the boat.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/oQFgBJqWg3
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 22, 2025
Boeing, however eighth flight of X-37B It will allow scientific tests and experiments on “laser interdisciplinary communications” and “improvement of space navigation”.
These will be done with the aim of “helping to improve the durability, efficiency and security of American space communications architecture”.
The unmanned aerial vehicle, which has been built for the US Army, has length of nine meters and fueled in energy by solar panels. Although it must be sent to the space with a rocket, it is designed to return to Earth on its own.
Watch Falcon 9 launch the @SpaceForceDoD’s USSF-36 mission to orbit – the eighth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-8) https://t.co/7w2HkqSLCJ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 22, 2025
The X-37B landed in March in California, having stayed in orbit for more than a year.