The X-37 sits in its encapsulation cell before it was launched at Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas V rocket on April 22. Credit: U.S. Air ForceAir Force X-37B 'Baby Space Shuttle' Coming Home -- ABC News
ABC's Luis Martinez sends the following note from the Pentagon:
"Remember the Air Force’s unmanned 'baby space shuttle,' the X-37B, launched in late April? Seven months later the military is now putting out the word that it’s going to land this weekend at Vandenberg AFB in California.
"The Air Force has been secretive about what kind of payload the small shuttle’s been carrying all this time, but it soon became clear that it was some kind of reconnaissance device. They say the goal is to have a reusable spacecraft that can carry payloads in orbit for as long as nine months. That way they can send up different devices when needed."
The Air Force put out this two-sentence release:
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More News On The X-37B
USAF X-37B Landing Slated for Dec. 3-6 -- Aviation Week
Robotic mini space shuttle expected to land at Vandenberg -- L.A. Times
Unmanned Air Force space plane to return to Earth -- Washington Post
Secret Military Mini-Shuttle Headed Back to Earth -- ABC News
Unmanned Military Shuttle Scheduled To Land Friday -- Red Orbit
Secret Military Mini-Shuttle Cleared For Landing -- Discovery News
DARPA's mysterious X-37B Space Plane Earth-bound -- Christian Science Monitor
Launch Companies Beg NASA: Save the Space Planes! -- The Danger Room
Usefulness of robotic X-37B space plane questioned -- MSNBC/Space
Experts: Is Air Force's Secret Robotic Space Plane Still Needed? -- CBS News
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