X-37B is an uncrewed spacecraft that looks like a miniature version of the iconic Space Shuttle used by NASA from 1981 to 2011, with a length of 8.9 meters (29 feet) and a wingspan of 4.55 meters ...
The X-37B craft has now been circling the earth for 902 days, greatly exceeding its previous record of 780 days. And it doesn’t appear to be coming back to Earth any time in the immediate future.
WASHINGTON — The seventh mission of the reusable U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane is scheduled to launch Dec. 7 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The spaceplane ...