Secret US Military Space Plane Returns

Secret US Military Space Plane Returns After 434 Days in Orbit – What Was It Doing Up There?
U.S. military’s X-37B space plane made a quiet return to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, completing a 434-day mission that remains largely classified. With no public fanfare, the uncrewed vehicle touched down in secrecy,
Space Force’s secretive space plane lands after 434 days in orbit
The X-37B spacecraft’s latest mission was shorter than the last but tried several new maneuvers and approaches during its time in outer space.
The US military has a mini space shuttle and it just returned to Earth after a 434-day secret mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission. Launched by SpaceX, the X-37B vehicle carried no people, just military experiments.
Secret mission: X-37B space plane returns to Earth after 434 days in orbit
The US military space plane X-37B successfully completed its secret mission and returned to Earth on the night of March 7, 2025 after 434 days in orbit.This
Space Force's Secret Plane Returns After More Than a Year in Orbit
The X-37B is a reusable robotic space plane operated by the US Space Force. It resembles a miniature space shuttle at just under 9 metres long with a 4.5 metre wingspan and is an uncrewed vehicle designed for long-duration missions in low Earth orbit.
Top-secret X-37B space plane returns to Earth in dead of night after mysterious 434-day mission, US military reveals
The U.S. military's top-secret X-37B space plane has returned from a mysterious 434-day mission in orbit. The enigmatic mission 'broke new ground' for reusable space technology, according to the U.S.
What was it doing? U.S. space plane returns after 14 mysterious months
Long before the first rays of sunlight brushed the California horizon, an extraordinary homecoming took place. The U.S. military’s experimental space plane, the X-37B, touched down in secrecy, its journey ending just as mysteriously as it began.
Mysterious Space Force ship back on Earth after 434 days in orbit
A secretive Space Force ship returned to Earth after spending over a year in orbit conducting mysterious experiments.
The US Army conducts a 434-day secret mission in space
Last Friday, a classified mini space shuttle by the US army made its grand return to Earth, after executing secret manoeuvres around the globe for 434 days (and without a pilot). It was in December 2023,
X-37B spacecraft returns to Earth after 434 days in orbit
The Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California after spending 434 days in orbit. It returned to Earth on March 7.
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