Thursday, April 22, 2010

U.S. military launches X-37B reusable spaceship
[ Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:18:52 GMT ]

The X-37B sits on top of an Atlas V rocket lifting off at Cape Canaveral on Thursday. The military is looking at the vehicle as a way to test new equipment, sensors and materials in space, with an eye to incorporating them into satellites and other operational systems.An unmanned Atlas rocket carrying a miniature space shuttle blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Thursday on a technology test flight that could last as long as nine months.


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