The U.S. Space Force's shadowy X-37B is set for launch atop a SpaceX rocket. The reusable space plane will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...

Related: The US Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane: 10 surprising facts The Falcon Heavy consists of three modified, strapped-together first stages of SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.

WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Dec. 28 launched ... Kennedy Space Center or at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. X-37B space plane. Credit: Space Systems Command The ...

U.S. Space Force confirmed this week that the X ... This time around, the space plane is using a Falcon Heavy rocket from SpaceX for its launch. It’s a change from the previous mission, which ...

First launched in April 2010, the Space Force's secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has racked up 3,774 days in space during its six classified missions. That sum totals more than 10.3 years in ...

This launch marked the first time the space plane has hitched a ride on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, one of the most powerful operational rockets in the world. Previously, the X-37B has launched on the ...

SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket lofted a secretive space plane for the US Space Force on Thursday evening from Florida, the first time the rocket was used to send the Boeing Co.-built ...

The unmanned Boeing-made aircraft landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at ... Kennedy Space Center in Florida by SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket in 2023 in what was its seventh ...

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches the X-37B space plane on the USSF-52 mission for the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 28, 2023 from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. | Credit ...

It’s the first operational image shared while the space plane is in ... X/United States Space Force Its seventh mission, known as OTV-7, was launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in 2023 ...

SpaceX’s hulking Falcon Heavy rocket returned to the skies Thursday evening, and this time it launched a mysterious spacecraft for the U.S. military that will carry out cutting-edge research.