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Watch Live: Secretive mini space shuttle set for Space Coast launch; late-night sonic boom possible  Orlando Sentinel USSF-36 Mission  SpaceX Live coverage: SpaceX to launch X-37B military spaceplane on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center  Spaceflight Now US Space Force prepares X-37B Mission 8 for launch  spaceforce.mil SpaceX readies for 8th flight of U.S. Space Force’s Orbital Test Vehicle  Spectrum News 13 Source …

A US military space-plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21, 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a platform for cutting-edge experiments. One of these experiments is a potential alternative to GPS that makes use of quantum science as …

A US military space plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21, 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a platform for cutting-edge experiments. One of these experiments is a potential alternative to GPS that makes use of quantum science …

The mission’s goals include tests of “high-bandwidth inter-satellite laser communications technologies.” “OTV-8’s laser communications demonstration will mark an important step in the US Space Force’s ability to leverage commercial space networks as part of proliferated, diversified, and redundant space architectures,” said US Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman in a statement. “In so doing, it will strengthen the resilience, …

Nintendo is re-opening playtests for what is likely a Minecraft-style MMO, and you’ll need to act fast to get a chance to try it out. The company is taking 40,000 total applicants this time around, up from 10,000 in the last playtest session, but based on how quickly spots filled up last time, I still wouldn’t expect them to last …