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Air Force's Mystery Space Plane Lands, Ends 2-Year Mission

Associated Press

   CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - The Air Force's mystery space plane is back
   on Earth, following a record-breaking two-year mission.
   The X-37B landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida early
   Sunday. The Air Force is mum about what the plane did in orbit after
   launching aboard a SpaceX rocket in 2017. The 780-day mission sets a
   new endurance record for the reusable test vehicle.

   It looks like a space shuttle but is one-fourth the size at 29 feet.

   Officials say this latest mission successfully completed its
   objectives. Experiments from the Air Force Research Laboratory were
   aboard.
   This was the fifth spaceflight by a vehicle of this sort. No. 6 is
   planned next year with another launch from Cape Canaveral. According to
   Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett, "Each successive mission advances
   our nation's space capabilities."

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