Heather Wilson – Spaceflight Now

May 31, 2023

Breaking News

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[ May 30, 2023 ] Chinese astronaut launch breaks record for most people in orbit Mission Reports
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U.S. Air Force taps SpaceX to launch next X-37B spaceplane mission

June 6, 2017 Stephen Clark

A month after an X-37B mini-space shuttle glided to a landing on Kennedy Space Center’s runway in Florida, the U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that the spaceplane’s next mission will launch in August aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the first time.