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The first Falcon Heavy as seen on the launch pad, February 6, 2018. Photo: SpaceXThe U.S. military is hitching a ride aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy—the most powerful commercial rocket currently in operation. Here’s how you can watch the classified USSF-67 mission take to Florida’s twilight skies.The time has come for SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to make its fifth flight, with launch of the USSF-67 mission expected on Saturday, January 14 at 5:51 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Sunset will have…

WASHINGTON —  Just before last year’s midterm election, President Biden’s personal lawyers discovered potentially classified documents in one of his personal offices and quickly handed the documents back to U.S. officials. But the revelation this week has enraged Republicans, many of whom cited the news as evidence that former President Trump’s retention of classified documents was not a serious offense. But why did either president have potentially classified records? What are the differences between the two cases?…

If EU complaint stands, Mark Zuckerberg's company faces a fine of up to 10 percent of its total global annual turnover, which hit $118 billion for the 12 months ending September 30. The European Commission said it is concerned that Meta is imposing unfair trading conditions on Facebook Marketplace's competitors…

The European Commission on Monday said it has warned Facebook parent company Meta that it is breaching EU antitrust laws by distorting competition in markets for online classified advertising and abusing its dominant position. The Commission said in a preliminary view that it would further investigate and that it could impose a fine of up to 10 percent of the company's annual global turnover, if there is sufficient evidence of an infringement of European Union rules."The claims made by the European Commission are without…

Photo: Tom Pennington (Getty Images)Declassified documents confirm former President Donald Trump illegally posted a satellite image of a failed rocket launch in Iran on Twitter in 2019. The image showed a rocket that exploded on a launch pad after country officials unsuccessfully tried to launch a satellite. Trump reportedly published the image to seemingly provethe U.S. was not involved in the incident. “The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the…

A visitor poses for a photo with Microsoft's logo at Microsoft's corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington State, the United States, Sept. 19, 2015. (Xinhua/Yang Lei/IANS)Microsoft will provide Lockheed Martin with its first classified cloud as part of a three-year deal, executives said on Wednesday, making it easier for the United States' largest weapons maker to share information with the Pentagon, its top customer. The secure cloud partnership will permit Lockheed to avoid some of the repetitive security…

SpaceX launched its largest rocket for the first time in three years, carrying toward orbit a classified payload for the U.S. Space Force. The Falcon Heavy rocket, which SpaceX has said is the world’s largest operational space launch vehicle, lifted off Tuesday from a fog-shrouded Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is the 50th launch this year by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the formal name for the company led by founder Elon Musk.…

The Falcon Heavy during launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 1, 2022.Photo: John Raoux (AP)The fog was thick this morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but that didn’t stopSpaceX from launching its rarely flown Falcon Heavy, nor did it prevent thrilling views of the spectacle. Falcon Heavy is currently the most powerful rocket in the world, so it’s a big deal when SpaceX has the opportunity to light this oversized candle. The rocket was recruited for the USSF-44 mission chartered by the U.S.…

The big rocket is back after a 40-month hiatus but with far fewer customers than the popular Falcon 9. SpaceX is set to launch its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida on a classified mission for the US Space Force, marking the return of the rocket after a more than 3-year hiatus. The launch is scheduled for as early as 9:41 am local time on Tuesday. The flight will be just the fourth launch of the Falcon Heavy since its debut in February 2018, a relatively infrequent launch cadence for a vehicle that has been…

SpaceX launched its largest rocket for the first time in three years, carrying toward orbit a classified payload for the U.S. Space Force. The Falcon Heavy rocket, which SpaceX has said is the world’s largest operational space launch vehicle, lifted off Tuesday from a fog-shrouded Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is the 50th launch this year by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the formal name for the company led by founder Elon Musk.…