The mysterious spacecraft X-37B has returned to Earth
Last night October 17 (US time), the mysterious American spacecraft X-37B returned to Earth and landed safely in California after nearly 2 years.
Last night October 17 (US time), the mysterious American spacecraft X-37B returned to Earth and landed safely in California after nearly two years of "wandering" in orbit.
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X-37B is built by Boeing Group, 9m long, 4.5m wingspan, weighs 4,989kg and uses solar energy. It was a miniature shuttle-like unmanned aircraft and used for a secret US mission that lasted 674 days.
Infrared photo of US X-37B - (Photo: AP)
The next X-37B flight is scheduled to take place next year - (Photo: AP)
It landed at Vandenberg Air Base in California on October 17 morning local time.
US Air Force officials say the X-37B was born to test advanced technologies for the future generation of " reusable " shuttles in the future.
However, some doubts say it is used to monitor a Chinese space lab that has not been recently appreciated by experts.
According to the BBC, this is the third time the US Air Force has put the X-37B into orbit. The previous two flights of X-37B were in April 2010 (returning after 8 months) and in March 2011 (returning after 15 months).
The fourth X-37B flight is expected to take place next year from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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