OTV-8 is the third X-37B mission to launch on a SpaceX rocket. (Two have employed Falcon 9s and one lifted off on a Falcon Heavy ). The other five flew atop United Launch Alliance's workhorse Atlas V, which is now being phased out in favor of the company's new Vulcan Centaur.

In an era where artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly crucial role across various sectors, China has taken a bold step by deploying Wukong, its first AI chatbot, aboard the Tiangong space station.

Then, less than 24 hours later, another Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 10-11 mission from a nearby launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. This first stage, Booster 1067, subsequently returned and landed on another drone ship, A Shortfall of Gravitas.

NASA’s latest commercial resupply mission to the ISS is underway, following the successful launch of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft at the end of last week

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

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India is celebrating National Space Day on August 23 to mark the landing of the Vikram rover on the Moon's southern pole. Here are the upcoming missions ISRO has lined up to further strengthen technological capabilities.

The uncrewed X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral on Thursday evening aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.