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Secret Space Plane Lands at US Base


Tyger

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Secret space plane lands at US air force base after unknown two-year mission:
Resembling a small space shuttle, the X-37B landed in southern California after a 674 days in orbit on a secret mission

LINK: Secret space plane lands at US air force base after unknown two-year mission | US news | theguardian.com

TEXT: "A top-secret space plane landed Friday at an air force base on the southern California coast.

"The plane spent nearly two years circling Earth on a classified mission. Known as the X-37B, it resembles a mini space shuttle.

"It safely touched down at 9.24am Friday, officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base said.

"Just what the plane was doing during its 674 days in orbit has been the subject of sometimes spectacular speculation.

"Several experts have theorized it carried a payload of spy gear in its cargo bay. Other theories sound straight out of a James Bond film, including that the spacecraft would be able to capture the satellites of other nations or shadow China’s space lab.

"In a written release announcing the return of the craft, the air force only said it had been conducting “on-orbit experiments”.

"The X-37B program has been an orphan of sorts, bouncing since its inception in 1999 between several federal agencies, Nasa among them. It now resides under the air force’s rapid capabilities office.

"The plane that landed Friday is one of two built by Boeing. This is the program’s third mission, and began in December 2012.

"The plane stands 9.5ft tall and is just over 29ft long, with a wingspan under 15ft. It weighs 11,000lbs and has solar panels that unfurl to charge its batteries once in orbit.

"The air force said it plans to launch the fourth X-37B mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, next year."
 
More information and also a video within the link. You'd think with stuff like this in orbit they would know what happened to a missing passenger airliner......

Top-secret US space drone returns to Earth after two-year orbit:

Unmanned X-37B, which looks like a miniature space shuttle, lands at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after "strictly secret" mission
LINK: Top-secret US space drone returns to Earth after two-year orbit - Telegraph

TEXT: "It arrived back at a California air base after dark. Only the eagle-eyed would have spotted the snub-nosed spacecraft gliding out of the black sky.

"Officially, the unmanned Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle had just completed its longest ever mission, spending almost two years circling the Earth, conducting experiments.

"But its secretive history has sparked countless theories about what the computer controlled craft was really doing in space."
 
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