Saturday, June 16, 2012

X-37b

  • NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center image shows on-orbit functions for the reusable X-37 space plane, now under the wing of the U.S. Air Force.
  • (FOX News)
  • After spending more than a year orbiting our planet on a hush-hush mystery mission, the U.S. Air Forces X-37B space plane is due to return to Earth any day now.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • After more than a year in orbit, the US Air Force's clandestine mini-space shuttle will likely land at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California sometime this week, with some reports saying it could land as early as today, Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
  • (Universe Today)
  • The Air Forces X-37B robotic space plane is 29 feet long with a payload bay the size of a pickup truck bed, according to Space.com, which notes that two entire X-37Bs could fit inside the payload bay of one of NASAs now-retired space shuttles (see video below).
  • (PC Magazine)
  • The X-37B is set to return to Earth after more than a year in space but its mission remains shrouded in secrecy. The US Air Force unmanned experimental craft blasted off last March. It measures 8.8 metres, has a wing span of 4.
  • (The Age)
  • The Air Force is preparing to bring its unmanned X-37B spaceplane back to Earth after 15 months of clandestine military operations.
  • (CBS News)
  • The U.S. Air Force announced this past week that their secretive space plane, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, will be landing soon after now having spent 453 days in Earth orbit.
  • (RIGHTPUNDITS.COM)
  • This morning's landing of the Air Force's second mini space shuttle at Vandenberg Air Force Base has been delayed. Vandenberg officials were warning boaters and pilots to stay out of the area between 1:30 and 10 a.m. today due to an operation in the area.
  • (Lompoc Record)
  • The secretive X-37B is an unpiloted military space plane that was launched from Florida and now the vehicle prepares to make an auto-touchdown in California after being in orbit for more than a year.
  • (Newsoxy.com)
  • Air Force officials say a landing could come as early as Wednesday. Measuring 29 feet in length and having a 15-foot wingspan, the unmanned re-usable X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle looks like a miniature version of NASAs now retired space shuttles.
  • (YAHOO!)

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