Space Force unmanned X-37B test spaceplane returns to Earth after 434 days in orbit

Space Force's unmanned X-37B test spaceplane returned to Earth on Friday after 434 days in orbit.

"The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on Mar. 7, 2025 at 02:22 a.m. EST," read a post on Space Force's X account.

SpaceX launched the Boeing-made X-37B plane in 2023 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Space Force said the spaceplane's return marked the seventh successful test flight of its kind.