April 22, 2010: U.S. Air Force's novel robotic X-37B space plane launches atop an Atlas 5 rocket from a seaside pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASAAir Force's Mystery X-37B Robot Spaceship Launches -- FOX News/Space.com
The United States Air Force's novel robotic X-37B space plane is tucked inside the bulbous nose cone of an unmanned rocket that blasted off Thursday from Florida on a mission shrouded in secrecy.
The United States Air Force's novel robotic X-37B space plane space plane is tucked inside the bulbous nose cone of an unmanned rocket that blasted off Thursday evening from Florida on a mission shrouded in secrecy.
The spacecraft, called the Orbital Test Vehicle, was launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket from a seaside pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. But what it will actually do in space and when it will autonomously fly itself back down to Earth remain a mystery.
The Air Force would like to keep it that way. At least for now.
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