SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Launches Carrying Top-Secret X-37B Drone on Mysterious US Military Mission

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket thundered into the night sky from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday night (via Reuters).

The massive rocket took off on a mysterious mission, carrying the X-37B drone of the United States military on its seventh classified mission.

This is the first time the uncrewed and autonomous X-37B will be launched atop the Falcon Heavy, one of the world's most powerful operational rockets capable of carrying payloads weighing up to 26,700 kilograms deep into space.