mo4ch:>Space Force to manage secret US Air Force orbital mission with ‘MORE EXPERIMENTS’ than ever | Mo4ch News
The mysterious X-37B space plane is set to blast off from a launch site in Florida. Its sixth mission is touted as the most action-packed to date, and the first where the US Space Force would be in charge.The crew-less vehicle, which strongly resembles a miniature Space Shuttle - once NASA's flagship vehicle, retired in 2011 - is scheduled to be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on May 16, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett announced Wednesday.The mission will be the sixth such journey for the project, which broke its own record for the longest time in space after wrapping up a 780-day stint in orbit in October.The new mission will see the X-37B fitted with a service module for the first time in the history of the clandestine project, allowing it to carry additional payloads into orbit. This means more experiments than ever, the Air Force said.Demonstrating the department’s innovation, this X-37B mission will host more experiments than any prior missi…