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Air Force X-37B secret spaceplane lands after 780 days in orbit
A U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane made a pre-dawn landing Oct. 27 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after spending 780 days in orbit, breaking its own record by 62 days.
SpaceX launches X-37B ahead of Hurricane Irma
With Hurricane Irma looming off the Florida coast, SpaceX beat unfavorable weather odds Thursday morning to send the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B reusable spaceplane back into orbit for its fifth classified mission.
As hurricane approaches, SpaceX poised to launch Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane
Officials in Cape Canaveral, Florida, are forecasting only a 50 percent chance of acceptable weather for Thursday’s launch, which is expected to occur sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern.
Tory Bruno says ULA didn’t get to compete for Air Force X-37B launch that went to SpaceX
The Air Force declined to discuss how SpaceX got the contract and if it was sole-sourced.
SpaceX will launch next secret X-37 Air Force mission
It will be the fifth mission for the Air Force's advanced spaceplane, and the first time it hasn't lifted off aboard a ULA rocket.
X-37B lands after record-setting mission
A secretive U.S. Air Force spaceplane landed in Florida early May 7 after spending nearly two years in orbit on a classified mission.
