A Secret Space Plane is Carrying a Solar Experiment to Orbit

The idea of beaming solar energy to Earth with radio waves is decades old. But this weekend, the technology gets its first test in orbit. Photograph: U.S. Department of Defense/Getty Images On Saturday, the US Air Force is expected to launch its secret space plane , X-37B, for a […]
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