https://www.livescience.com/spaceplane-lands-after-908-days-orbit
The X-37B after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 12(Image credit: Boeing/US Space Force) A secret space plane operated by the United States Space Force (USSF) has landed back on

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/12/1136308108/space-force-plane-mission-x37b
Staff Sgt. Adam Shanks/United States Space Force. Loud booms heard in Florida marked the return of the X-37B, the U.S. Space Force's uncrewed orbital test vehicle, after the secretive space plane

https://www.space.com/space-force-x-37b-space-plane-otv-6-mission-ends
The record-breaking sixth mission of the U.S. military's X-37B space plane is finally over. The robotic X-37B touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida today (Nov. 12) at 5:22 a

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2346762-secretive-us-space-plane-x-37b-lands-after-record-908-days-in-orbit/
14 November 2022. The X-37B landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 12 November after 908 days in orbit. Boeing/U.S. Space Force. The secretive X-37B space plane has beaten its

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-us-space-drone-returns-to-earth-after-record-breaking-mission
A US military space drone landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday after nearly two and a half years in orbit, Boeing said. The unmanned X-37B shuttle, whose first flight took place in 2010, has now spent a total of more than 10 years in space and flown more than 1.3 billion miles during six missions, Boeing said in a statement.

https://newatlas.com/space/x-37b-secret-spaceplane-returns-record-flight/
The Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Oct. 27, 2019. OTV-5 saw the X-37B break its own endurance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4RgcZma4L8
US space shuttle returns after 15 month secret mission.

https://spaceexplored.com/2022/11/15/space-forces-top-secret-spaceplane-returns-from-orbit-after-a-908-day-mission/
Launched in May 2020, the X37 is an uncrewed spaceplane that can be launched on Atlas V and Falcon 9 rockets for long-duration tests in space. This was the X37's sixth mission (OTV-6 or USSF-6) and its longest by far. In total, it spent 908 days in orbit, passing its previous flight record by 128 days. The purpose of the X37-B, which was

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/x-37b-nasa-secret-space-plane-spacex-us-military-b2470692.html
Friday 29 December 2023 04:54 GMT. Secret X-37B spacecraft lands. The US military's X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that's expected to last at least a couple

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/space/secret-space-plane-returns-earth-after-record-setting-mission-n756266
The record-shattering mission of the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane is finally over. After circling Earth for an unprecedented 718 days, the X-37B touched down Sunday at the Shuttle

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/secret-us-space-plane-finally-lands-after-780-days-in-orbit-and-no-one-knows-what-it-did/news-story/939110c6c8e02389ff618ab6ad104ca7
when did the secret missions take place? • OTV-1 - Launched on April 22, 2010 (Duration: 224 days and 9 hours) • OTV-2 - Launched on March 4, 2011 (Duration: 468 days and 14 hours)

https://apnews.com/article/secret-space-plane-x-37b-4faa4c90a44b2cac111709af9106c6db
By MARCIA DUNN. Updated 7:49 PM PDT, December 28, 2023. The U.S. military's X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that's expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini space shuttle carried classified experiments. There's no one on board.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/10/x37b-secret-space-plane-force-falcon-heavy-mission-spy-sat/
Space Force mini-shuttle will deliver 'combat power' in space. Later today, at 8:14pm Eastern, the US military will once again be sending up its robotic mini space shuttle, the X-37B, once

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/astronauts-stranded-in-space-due-to-multiple-issues-with-boeings-starliner-and-the-window-for-a-return-flight-is-closing
After years of delays, Boeing's Starliner capsule successfully blasted off on its inaugural crewed flight from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:52 a.m. EDT on June 5.

https://theaviationist.com/2017/05/08/mysterious-x-37b-unmanned-space-plane-returns-after-long-secret-mission/
Mission of Secret Space Drone Remains Unknown Following 717-Day Orbit. The secretive U.S. Air Force Boeing X-37B orbital unmanned spacecraft has landed at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-space-plane-lands-after-secret-mision/
Updated on: October 17, 2014 / 11:00 PM EDT / CBS News. An unpiloted Air Force space plane glided back to Earth Friday after a record 674-day stay in orbit, closing out a clandestine military

https://www.space.com/x-37b-military-space-plane-surprising-facts
The U.S. Space Force has a mini-fleet of two robotic X-37B space planes, which have been flying secret missions since 2010. The most recent mission, called OTV-6, launched in May 2020 and is ongoing.

https://spacenews.com/space-shuttle-discovery-returns-home-after-final-mission/
STS-133 was the last mission for the longest-serving veteran of NASA's space shuttle fleet. Since 1984, Discovery flew 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited Earth 5,830 times and

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/secret-space-shuttles-35318554/
All five NASA astronauts on the classified STS-28 mission had military backgrounds. But only two of the defense department's corps of 27 shuttle payload specialists made it to orbit.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/following-two-shuttle-disasters-discovery-launched-america-back-into-space-180978739/
It flew three missions for the Hubble Space Telescope program—deployment in 1990 and servicing in 1997 and 1999—as well as the first and final flights to the Mir space station.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37
The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft.It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, then re-enters Earth's atmosphere and lands as a spaceplane.The X-37 is operated by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in collaboration with United States Space Force, for orbital spaceflight missions intended to demonstrate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_missions
From 1981 to 2011 a total of 135 missions were flown, all launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. During that time period the fleet logged 1,322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds of flight time. [2] The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one minute

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/science/boeing-starliner-astronauts-return-scn/index.html
Starliner's journey to this historic crewed test mission began in 2014 when NASA tapped both Boeing and SpaceX to develop a spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts to the International Space

https://abcnews.go.com/US/nasa-astronauts-stuck-waiting-aboard-iss-return-earth/story?id=111399962
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024.

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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost June 30, 2024 | Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | By LIFT United Church of Christ | You all this morning. I'm going to invite you to collect yourselves.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/boeings-starliner-is-stuck-at-the-international-space-station-here-s-what-to-know/ar-BB1oQA3v
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner, its long-awaited spacecraft designed to go back and forth to orbit like the space shuttle used to, is stuck at the International Space Station (ISS). After it was

https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-space-mission-is-going-well-astronauts-stranded-2024-6?op=1
Boeing has again delayed Starliner's return from the International Space Station. The spacecraft has faced multiple delays and technical issues since its launch on June 5. The company appeared to

https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-nasa-starliner-astronauts-stuck-in-space-2024-6?op=1
The voyage to the ISS isn't Wilmore's or Williams' first time in space.. Williams, who was selected to be an astronaut by NASA in 1998, had spent a total of 322 days in space before the Starliner