US Military's secretive X-37B space plane lifts off on classified mission aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket

A U.S. military mini shuttle was launched Thursday night to conduct classified experiments in space. The uncrewed space plane, known as the X-37B, took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a SpaceX rocket. This is the eighth flight for the X-37B. According to the U.S. Space Force, this mission will test laser communications and safe navigation without GPS.

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