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April 29, 2015

X-37B Goes Fourth
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 29, 2015
Soon, America's mysterious robot spaceplane will lift off for the fourth time. Since its maiden launch in 2010, the X-37B has mystified analysts and prompted some fairly wild theories about its secret missions. X-37B is a small shuttlecraft with no cockpit and no crew. It has a small payload bay with clamshell doors like NASA's Space Shuttle. The project began life as an experimental project run by NASA, before custody was transferred to the US Air Force. There's no secret about the fact tha ... read more

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