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Space Force's mysterious X-37B plane returns to Earth after 434 days in orbit
The secretive Space Force plane X-37B touched down to earth on Friday after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests.
Space Force's Secret Plane Returns After More Than a Year in Orbit
The X-37B is a reusable robotic space plane operated by the US Space Force. It resembles a miniature space shuttle at just under 9 metres long with a 4.5 metre wingspan and is an uncrewed vehicle designed for long-duration missions in low Earth orbit.
US military’s classified space shuttle returns to Earth after secret mission
The U.S. military's mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after circling the world on another secretive mission that lasted 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from Nasa 's Kennedy Space Center in December 2023, launched by SpaceX ’s Falcon Heavy rocket. The X-37B vehicle carried no people, just classified military experiments.
US Space Force X-37B spacecraft has landed again after 434 days in space
The seventh flight of the reusable space probe X-37B ends with a successful landing in California. The largely secret mission was relatively short.
X-37B unmanned spaceplane lands at Vandenberg SFB after 434 days orbiting Earth
The U.S. Space Force's unmanned spaceplane exited orbit after 434 days and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base
Top secret US spaceship returns to Earth after 434 days on mysterious mission… and is met by hazmat-clad ground crew
A TOP secret US spaceship has touched down on Earth after spending 434 days in orbit. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 landed at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California where it was met by
USA's Secretive X-37B Space Plane Returns To Earth After 434-Day Mission
The 29-foot-long X-37B landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California last Friday (Mar 7) at 2:22 am local time.
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 mission 'broke new ground' for reusable space technology, according to the U.S.
X-37B spacecraft returns to Earth after 434 days in orbit
The Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California after spending 434 days in orbit. It returned to Earth on March 7.
Secret US Military Space Plane Returns After 434 Days in Orbit – What Was It Doing Up There?
U.S. military’s X-37B space plane made a quiet return to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, completing a 434-day mission that remains largely classified. With no public fanfare, the uncrewed vehicle touched down in secrecy,
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Lucky Seven: X-37B Completed its Latest Mission
B are classified. Still, it is critical to the U.S. Space Force’s ability to conduct space operations in the increasingly ...
The X-37B spaceplane lands after helping pave the way for “maneuver warfare”
The X-37B spaceplane touched down on Runway 12 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 11:22 pm local time Thursday (2:22 am EST Friday), capping its high-flying mission with an automated ...
Mysterious U.S. spaceplane returns to Earth, and Space Force snaps photos
After spending 434 days in space, the crewless Space Force craft returned to Earth on March 7, landing at California's ...
U.S. spaceplane deorbits after classified mission and lands in California
The U.S. Space Force said in a news release that the craft had "accomplished a range of test and experimentation objectives." ...
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U.S. Space Force X-37B Spaceplane Deorbits, Lands in California
U.S. Space Force's unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 has concluded its seventh mission, successfully deorbiting and ...