On Friday, the Space Force published a picture taken last year from a camera mounted on the secretive X-37B space plane while high above the Earth. Space.com notes that the one other glimpse of the plane in space was while it was deploying from Falcon Heavys upper stage during its December 2023 launch.The Space Force says it snapped the photo during experimental first-of-kind aerobraking maneuvers to safely change its orbit using minimal fuel. The Air Force said in October this would involve a series of passes using the drag of Earths atmosphere, and that once complete, it would resume its other experiments before de-orbiting. An X-37B onboard camera, used to ensure the health and safety of the vehicle, captures an image of Earth while conducting experiments in HEO in 2024.The X-37B executed a series of first-of-kind maneuvers, called aerobraking, to safely change its orbit using minimal fuel. pic.twitter.com/ccisgl493P United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) February 21, 2025This is the X-37Bs seventh mission; its sixth, which concluded in November 2022, lasted about two-and-a-half years (or 908 days) and was its longest mission to …Read the full story at The Verge.