falcon heavy

Space agency’s launch provider of choice has been called upon to handle yet another critical mission.

Space agency is gearing up to send Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft it has developed for a planetary mission, on a 1.8-billion-mile journey.

Previous flights of the X-37B, built by Boeing, were limited to low-Earth orbit, but its seventh mission could reach new heights.

It will take the Psyche spacecraft about six years to travel the estimated 2.2 billion miles to reach the metal-rich asteroid targeted for study.

The ‘world’s most powerful rocket’ carried a satellite load for the U.S. Space Force.