
The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the Boeing [BA] X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Fla.--an eighth X-37B mission to demonstrate "next-generation technologies including laser communications and the highest performing quantum inertial sensor ever tested in space," the service said on Monday. Last Dec. 28, the X-37B used a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time for the plane's seventh flight from Kennedy Space Center (Defense Daily, Jan.…