The X-37B looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle from NASA which now is put in the stable. On May 20, an Atlas V launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral in Florida for a fourth time the unmanned and Boeing bring built rig in the area.
The payload and the activities of this new mission secret . But managed space.com reported that among other concerns an experimental propulsion system and study of materials in space.
Which of the two X-37B aircraft of the US Air Force will fly, is not clarified .
The previous flights began in April 2010, March 2011 and December 2012. The final mission lasted 675 days, a record. How long the new flight will last is also not disclosed.
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