Space Force's Secret Plane Returns

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 mini space shuttle returns to Earth after secret mission
The Space Force's unmanned X-37B blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission.
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.
The US Army conducts a 434-day secret mission in space
Last Friday, a classified mini space shuttle by the US army made its grand return to Earth, after executing secret manoeuvres around the globe for 434 days (and without a pilot). It was in December 2023,
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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US military’s mini space shuttle returns to Earth after orbiting for 434 days on a secret mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...