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Friday, March 4, 2011

Secret Space Plane Heading Back Into Orbit | Danger Room | Wired.com

Secret Space Plane Heading Back Into Orbit | Danger Room | Wired.com: "The U.S. Air Force’s most mysterious spacecraft is headed back into orbit after a four-month hiatus. The second copy of the Boeing-built X-37 robotic space plane is slated for launch, atop an Atlas V rocket, from Cape Canaveral in Florida sometime on Friday. Forecasts of bad weather could push the launch to Saturday.

In any event, the blast-off is sure to revive speculation regarding the curious, 29-foot-long spacecraft that lands like an airplane — just like a miniature, unmanned space shuttle."

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