UM-Bot Posted March 17, 2017 #1 Share Posted March 17, 2017 The US Air Force's mysterious space plane is on track to break the mission duration record of 674 days. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/305379/x-37b-space-plane-is-nearing-orbital-record 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Hybrid Posted March 17, 2017 #2 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) It's probably the "Swiss Army Knife" of space-craft, handy for surveillance, comms satalite hacking, satalite hunter/killer, deliverer of KEW platforms, possibly, maybe even a test-bed to assess long term use of space technologies. It's probably 75% nothing special and 25% really cool secret stuff Edited March 17, 2017 by EBE Hybrid 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldon Posted March 18, 2017 #3 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Huh. Since the Shuttle program was closed the militaries were grieving over the loss of the infamous A-bomb compartment. Now they're regaining it, end of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted March 26, 2017 #4 Share Posted March 26, 2017 UPDATE: Air Force's Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Breaks Orbital Record The ongoing mission of the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane is now the longest in the clandestine program's history. As of today (March 25), the X-37B has spent 675 days on its latest Earth-circling mission, which is known as Orbital Test Vehicle-4 (OTV-4). The previous record was 674 days, set during OTV-3, which lasted from December 2012 to October 2014. Read more: Live Science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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