US Air Force Lands Robotic Space Plane in California

The U.S. military landed its X-37B robotic space plane at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California on Friday, ending a classified 22-month mission that marked the third in-Earth orbit for the experimental program, the Air Force said. The X-37B, a 29-foot-long (nine-meter) winged craft that resembles a miniature NASA space shuttle, touched down at 9:24 a.m. local time at the coastal air base and launch facility near Lompoc, California, 160 miles (258 km) northwest of Los...

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