US MILITARY SPACE PLANE BLASTS OFF ON ANOTHER SECRETIVE MISSION EXPECTED TO LAST YEARS

(AP) — The U.S. military has launched its secret space plane on another mission that's expected to last at least a couple of years. Known as the X-37B, the mini space shuttle blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday aboard a SpaceX rocket. The Space Force's reusable, robotic craft is carrying classified experiments. There's no one on board. It's the seventh flight since its debut i…