X-37B Space Plane Lands After More Than 2 Years In Orbit
October 29 2019
An Air Force X-37B space plane has landed in Florida after completing more than 780 days in orbit, reports the Air Force News Service. The X-37B landed on Oct. 27 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla. A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the vehicle into orbit for the flight, designated Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 (OTV-5), on Sept. 7, 2017. The flight included testing of the Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader (ASETS-II), an experiment involving electronics and heat pipes...
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