By Kyle Mizokmi, Published by Popular Mechanics, 29 December 2023 Had it not been for a delay in the recent U.S. launch, the two spaceplanes would have entered Earth orbit at about the same time—proving China is trying to compete with America. On December 28 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
By Guardian staff and agencies, Published by The Guardian, 29 December 2023 Launch of plane, which will carry out classified experiments, marks another development in US-China space rivalry The US military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane has blasted off from Florida on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX
Liftoff of the Long March 2F carrying Shenzhou-12 at 9:22 p.m. Eastern, June 16, 2021. Credit: CASC By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 14 December 2023 HELSINKI — China launched its experimental reusable spacecraft for the third time Thursday while maintaining strict secrecy around the mission. A Long March 2F rocket
By Leah Crane, Published by the New Scientist, 6 December 2023 The US Space Force is launching its mysterious X-37B space plane on 10 December atop a Falcon Heavy rocket for what will probably be its highest and longest flight yet The US Space Force is preparing to launch its
By Laura Dobberstein, Published by The Register, 9 November 2023 Rather than launch from a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V or SpaceX Falcon 9 as it has done in the past, the seventh takeoff of the US Space Force's reusable X-37B spaceplane will make use of a Falcon Heavy
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 9 November 2023 The X-37B has previously launched atop the smaller Falcon 9 rocket. 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
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 8 November 2023 The seventh mission of the X-37B, designated USSF-52, is projected to launch Dec. 7 from Kennedy Space Center WASHINGTON — The seventh mission of the reusable U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane is scheduled to launch Dec. 7 on a SpaceX Falcon
By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 28 June 2022 The X-37B is just a week away from setting a new mission-duration mark. The U.S. military's X-37B robotic space plane is closing in on a mission-duration record. The X-37B launched to Earth orbit on May 17, 2020 on the sixth mission
