All X-37B missions to date have launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. While the first three touched down at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base, future missions beyond OTV-4 may continue to land at NASA'sKennedy Space Centerin Florida, right next door to Cape Canaveral...
Air Force's military spaceplane X-37B built by Boeing Phantom Works. Launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on April 22, 2010, it carries enough hydrazine propellant to remain it upward for nine months. It used a toughened unipiece fibrous reinforced oxidation-resistant composite to make it ...
One of the Air Force's X-37B unmanned, reusable space plane landed at Cape Canaveral after a record-breaking 780 days in orbit.
The U.S. military's X-37B space plane is nearing one year in orbit on its latest secret mission.
NEW SPACE PLANE.]]>The article presents information on the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, the U.S. Air Force's new space plane. The space plane was developed by Boeing's Phantom Works division in Huntington Beach, California. Its second launch was conducted on March 4, 2011. The space ...
(原标题:Mysterious Air Force spaceplane returns to Earth more than two years after SpaceX launch) 图1:美国空军秘密航天飞机X-37B在轨道上飞行了两年多后于10月27日返回地球,创下了其驻留轨道时间最长纪录 网易科技讯 10月28日消息,据外媒报道,在搭乘美国太空探索技术公司SpaceX的猎鹰9号火箭升空25个多月...
Air Force X-37B spaceplane to orbit for its sixth mission. The vehicle lifted off at 09:14 AM Eastern time from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch was originally scheduled on Saturday, May 16, but was scrubbed due to ground winds. The...
preparations for Cat 5 monster Hurricane Irma and quite dismal weather favorability odds, the skies surrounding the Florida Space Coast suddenly parted just in the nick of time enabling the Air Force’s secretmilitary X-37B spaceplane to blast offth...
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(U.S. Air Force via AP) By MARCIA DUNN Published 10:08 PM GMT+8, October 29, 2019 Share CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Air Force’s mystery space plane is back on Earth, following a record-breaking two-year mission. The X-37B landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in ...