CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The U.S. military’sclassified mini space shuttlereturned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. Thespace planeblasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission. Launched by SpaceX, the X-37B vehicle...
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In 1955 a young child trying to reach Santa Claus accidentally dialed a U.S. military base sparking a tradition that has now lifted off tospace. For over 60 years the North American Aerospace Defense Command and its predecessor the Continental Air Defense Command have been helping track J...
US military readies to meet threat of war in space
The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after circling the world for 434 days.