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  • Air Force launches space plane X-37B one day after delay

    03/07/2011 7:17:21 PM PST · by neverdem · 21 replies
    Washington Post ^ | March 6, 2011 | The Associated Press
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Air Force has launched a second experimental space plane that resembles a small shuttle. An Atlas 5 rocket blasted off with the unmanned space plane Saturday afternoon from Cape Canaveral. Air Force officials aren't saying much about the X-37B orbital test vehicle. It's the second of its type to be launched. The first rocketed into orbit last spring. It landed in California in December following a 270-day mission. The X-37B is 29 feet long with a wing span of 15 feet...