Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch is a secret government mission

Full Story: Thursday night’s #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch from #KennedySpaceCenter is a mystery mission. Set to launch from pad 39A during a two-hour window that opens at 8 p.m., the brand new nine-engine rocket will take a payload to low Earth orbit on a mission codenamed “#Zuma“ for Northrop Grumman. The first stage of the Falcon 9 will then descend for a landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Landing Zone 1, generating a window-rattling sonic boom along the way. Full Story: