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May 12, 2015

Next X-37B Mission Set To Begin Soon
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 12, 2015
The fourth flight of the X-37B robot spaceplane will soon begin. This mission is groundbreaking! It's hardly the first launch, but it's the first time that we have been openly told about the payloads carried inside the spaceplane. This caught the spaceflight community by surprise, given the tight secrecy that has surrounded the previous three missions. X-37B is roughly the size of a car, and carries a small payload bay with clamshell doors that open in orbit. It deploys a small solar panel from th ... read more

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German navy ships rescue migrants in Mediterranean

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Iraq, Indonesia, Malaysia seek ammunition, missile systems

FNSS of Turkey intros new armored vehicle

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