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May 16, 2016

A year of mystery swirls around latest X-37B mission
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2016
The semi-classified X-37B robot spaceplane hasn't received much attention, despite the fact that it is on its fourth flight in space. At least, that's the official story. Launched in May 2015, the latest mission seems even more covert than the three previous launches. Absolutely no images of the spaceplane were released before launch. That's a big change from the past, when we saw high-resolution images of the vehicle before launch and after landing. Nobody knows when X-37B is coming home. It's ev ... read more

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