Secret military mini-shuttle headed back to Earth | Reuters: "(Reuters) - A miniature robotic space shuttle launched from Cape Canaveral in April has completed a nine-month classified mission for the military and will be headed for a landing as early as Friday, Air Force officials said on Tuesday.
The vehicle, known as the Orbital Test Vehicle or X-37B, is expected to land at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California between Friday and Monday, depending on weather and technical considerations, the Air Force said in a statement.
The project, started by NASA in the late 1990s and later adopted by the military, is intended to test technologies for a next-generation space shuttle."
Friday, December 3, 2010
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