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The USAF’s Super-Secret X-37B Approaches a Milestone
An artists’ conception of the X-37B in Earth orbit. Credit: The U.S. Air Force.
A secretive mission will pass a quiet milestone at the end of this month when the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned spaceplane the X-37B surpasses 500 days in space.
Launched atop an Atlas V rocket flying in a 401 configuration from Cape Canaveral Florida after several delays on December 11th, 2012 on OTV-3, the X-37B has already surpassed its own record of 469 days in space set on OTV-2. (…)
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/111020/the-usafs-super-secret-x-37b-approaches-a-milestone/
Yep, it’s so ‘super-secret’ that it’s plastered all over the media
Could it be a Space Earth Gathered DNA of all Species Ark or something?
A Little Spitsbergen?