Friday, December 3, 2010

Spy Platform? Secretive X-37B robot space plane returns to Earth

Image: X-37B spacecraft

Unmanned Air Force craft was on mission for seven months

The robotic X-37B space plane landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to end its maiden voyage. The space plane, also known as Orbital Test Vehicle 1, glided back to Earth over the Pacific Ocean before landing at the revamped Vandenberg runway at about 1:16 a.m. PST (0916 GMT) Dec. 3.

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