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Operations => Aerospace Education => Topic started by: Eclipse on October 13, 2014, 08:53:53 PM

Title: X-37B Set to return to earth after 22 month mission
Post by: Eclipse on October 13, 2014, 08:53:53 PM
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/17736/20141013/us-military-space-drone-x-37b-set-for-earth-return-after-22-month-secret-orbital-mission.htm (http://www.techtimes.com/articles/17736/20141013/us-military-space-drone-x-37b-set-for-earth-return-after-22-month-secret-orbital-mission.htm)

(http://images.techtimes.com/data/images/full/21254/artists-illustration-of-boeing-x-37b.jpeg)

http://www.space.com/26984-military-x37b-space-plane-mission-600-days.html (http://www.space.com/26984-military-x37b-space-plane-mission-600-days.html)

(http://www.space.com/images/i/000/041/740/original/x37b-space-plane-otv1.jpg)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37)
Title: Re: X-37B Set to return to earth after 22 month mission
Post by: jimmydeanno on October 14, 2014, 11:33:27 PM
That second photo reminded me of You Only Live Twice, when Blofeld's orbiter kept swallowing the Soviet and US capsules in orbit.