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X-37B Robotic Space Plane Returns To Earth

Posted by Soulskill on from the down-to-earth dept.

Kozar_The_Malignant writes "The secretive X-37B robotic space plane has returned to Earth after a seven-month mission. This was the vehicle's first flight. Looking like a cross between a Predator Drone and the Space Shuttle, it landed at Vandenberg AFB in California, which was to have been the military's shuttle launch facility. Speculation is that the X-37B is an orbital spy platform."

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  1. Mmmm... Secrets. by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.universetoday.com/75537/secret-x-37b-space-plane-disappears-again/

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  2. More pics here: by molo · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.universetoday.com/81224/gallery-x-37b-space-plane-returns-to-earth/

    http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/photos-x-37b-robot-space-plane-landing-101203.html

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