SpaceX targets Dec 28 for launch of US military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane
By Baranjot Kaur (Reuters) - SpaceX said it was targeting Thursday, Dec. 28 for the launch of the U.S. military's X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission to orbit. "Now targeting no earlier than Thursday, December 28 for Falcon Heavy to launch
SpaceX postpones planned launch of US military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A planned Monday night launch of the U.S. military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission to orbit, and its first flight atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, was
After the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Following quickly on the success of India's moon landing, the country's space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first such solar mission. The rocket left a trail of smoke and
Japan suspends H-IIA rocket launch for moonshot because of strong winds
By Kantaro Komiya and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's space agency suspended a planned launch on Monday of a rocket carrying what would be the country's first spacecraft to land on the moon, with operator Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) citing