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Florida neighbors were alarmed by a sonic boom after a secret, unmanned US Space Force X-37B ship landed early on Saturday after a record-breaking 908 days in orbit. After launching in May 2020 on its sixth mission, the solar-powered craft—which resembles a small space shuttle—landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at roughly 5.15 am on Saturday. Its prior mission took 780 days to complete. When the spacecraft unexpectedly returned to earth, some Central Floridians feared for their lives as a loud sonic boom resounded in the early morning hours and houses...