An artist's rendering of the original design for the X-37 spaceship in 1999, when it was still a NASA project. Now an Air Force program, the X-37 is set for its first test flight April 19. NewscomAir Force's Mystery Spaceship: X-37 Gears Up For Launch -- Christian Science Monitor
The Pentagon took over the X-37 program in 2006 after NASA couldn't keep it alive. But the Air Force has been tight-lipped about the spaceship. The craft will launch this month.
The Air Force has announced that an experimental spaceship that looks and acts like a miniature, unmanned space shuttle – riding the back of a rocket into space then returning to Earth to land in California – will launch for the first time this month.
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Air Force to Launch Robotic Spacecraft -- FOX News
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