During its secretive mission, the X-37B will test new laser communications gear and a "quantum" navigation sensor.

SpaceX launched the X-37B space plane for the U.S. Space Force on Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center, In Florida, at 11:50 p.m. EDT. File Photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Shanks/U.S. Space Force/UPI Aug.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully blasted into space at 11:50 PM Thursday night carrying the US military's secretive ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the US military's X-37B drone from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday night. The US Space Force stated that the mission, referred to as "Mission 8," ...