Air Force X-37B Space Plane Launched
An experimental robotic space airplane was launched into orbit atop an enormous Atlas V rocket Saturday to get a categorized Air Force mission that may very last as much as nine months.
The 19-story Atlas V as well as the space airplane, dubbed the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 5:46 p.m. Eastern time.
The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, is about 29 ft long having a wingspan of about 15 feet. The spacecraft attracts solar power for power making use of unfolding panels.
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