SpaceX postpones planned launch of US military's X-37B spaceplane
A planned Monday night launch of the US Military 's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission to orbit, and its first flight atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, was postponed for at least 24 hours, SpaceX said. The flight was called off for the night about 25 minutes before the start of a targeted launch window set to open at 8:14 p.m. EST (0114 GMT Tuesday) as the rocket stood poised for liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a message posted on the social media platform X, Elon Musk's California-based rocket venture said the countdown was halted "due to a ground side issue," adding that the "vehicle and payload remain healthy." SpaceX did not elaborate. The company did not immediately say when it would try again. The mission's next launch opportunity is Tuesday night, SpaceX said. The original plan to send the spacecraft to orbit late on Sunday was scrubbed due to poor weather conditions at...