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Top-secret X-37B space plane returns to Earth in dead of night after mysterious 434-day mission, US military reveals
The U.S. military's top-secret X-37B space plane has returned from a mysterious 434-day mission in orbit. The enigmatic ...
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What Exactly Is a Space Plane?
What Defines a Space Plane? The most basic definition of a space plane is simply a craft that can operate both in space and in an atmosphere. For now, that means operating within ...
US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane
The military keeps in-flight details on the X-37B relatively quiet. A new photo gives the first look at what the view is from space.
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US military's mini space shuttle returns to Earth after orbiting for 434 days on a secret mission
Cape Canaveral, Fla. — The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA's Kennedy ...
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Rise of the Drones
These unmanned flying robots–some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds–do things straight out of science fiction ... who fly them for the U.S. military, NOVA reveals the amazing ...