U.S. Air Force X-37B Spaceplane breaks record, lands after 780 days in orbit

The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Oct. 27, 2019. The X-37B OTV is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force.  Credit: Jeremy Webster/USAF

Ken Kremer - - 27 October 2019

For Space Upclose.com and RocketSTEM

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – The U.S. Air Force X-37B secretive reusable mini spaceplane landed in the middle of the night under cover of darkness this morning, Sunday, Oct. 27, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a record breaking mission of well over two years in orbit. 

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