SpaceX raced Hurricane Irma this morning to get
>its Falcon 9 rocket off the pad at Cape Canaveral and launch the Air Force's X-37B—an autonomous spaceplane that orbits for hundreds of days at a time on classified missions—up into orbit. The successful launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing was SpaceX's second national security payload, following a
spy satellite launch for the NRO in May, and it's the first time SpaceX launched the Air Force's autonomous mini-space shuttle. You can rewatch the launch and landing below.
