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Old 05-08-2017, 01:53 PM
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Cool Unmanned US Military Plane Back After Two Years in Space

Unmanned US Military Plane Back After Two Years in Space
RE: http://www.ozy.com/presidential-dail...cing-out-77359

It’s back with a bang. After nearly two years in orbit, the Air Force’s secretive X37-B space plane touched down at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center yesterday, reportedly waking up nearby residents with a sonic boom. The space drone’s 719-day trip was the longest of the program’s four missions. Military personnel say the X37-B has been testing space’s effects on various material samples and reporting on the performance of a new thruster system designed for advanced satellites. A fifth mission launches later this year.

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What is Boeing X-37B? The secret US Air Force plane that spent over 700 days in space
Why has the X-37B has been in low Earth orbit for so long?
By Agamoni Ghosh - Updated May 8, 2017 10:27 BST
RE: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-boeing...-space-1620440

The US Air Force's X-37B autonomous experimental space plane, which was orbiting the Earth on a secret missionUS Air Force
The US Air Force's Boeing X-37B, often dubbed as a mystery space vehicle, returned to Earth on 7 May, after spending 718 days in low Earth orbit. The Air Force took to Twitter to announce the feat.

This was the X-37B programme's fourth successful test, significant as it is the first time the vehicle has both launched and landed at a single home port - the Kennedy Space Center.
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