SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket will return to the skies on Thursday evening, this time launching a mysterious spacecraft that will conduct cutting-edge research for the US military. The rocket is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:07 p.m. ET, carrying the military’s uncrewed and autonomously operated X-37B spaceplane… Read More »
SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket will return to the skies on Thursday evening, this time launching a mysterious spacecraft that will conduct cutting-edge research for the US military. The rocket is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:07 p.m. ET, carrying the military’s uncrewed and autonomously operated X-37B spaceplane… Read More »
It’s a tiny spaceplane, not quite 30 feet long and less than 10 feet high, with a pair of short wings and a rounded, bulldog-like nose. But despite its small size (it looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle), the Pentagon’s most mysterious spacecraft, known as X-37B, has achieved enormous fame. A secret… Read More »