Called aerobraking, the technique allows the highly classified craft to change orbit without using propellant—and many are ...

This phenomenon, also known as a beaver moon, occurs when the Moon is both full and at the closest point to Earth, making it ...

Henderson and his partners named their brewery Apogee, after the scientific term for the highest achievable point in orbit, ...

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X-37B started executing a series of aerobraking maneuvers to change from a highly elliptical orbit to a lower orbit.

Built by Boeing, the X37B space plane has performed a first-of-its kind aerobraking maneuver in the upper atmosphere.

The burn, which went ahead at 1250 EST on November 8, adjusted the orbit of the complex by 7/100 of a mile at apogee and 7/10 ...

Slamming the Aerobrakes The US military's top secret X-37B space plane, which has been orbiting the Earth since December 2023 ...

SpaceX's Dragon capsule assisted the International Space Station by boosting its altitude for approximately 12 minutes and 30 ...

The full Beaver supermoon reaches peak illumination at 1:29 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, appearing full and bright from Thursday ...

Aerobraking, on the other hand, uses the friction of Earth's atmosphere to help guide a spacecraft to a new orbit. "When we ...