Mysterious X-37B Military Space Planes Landing in Photos/Trái với truyền thông , hôm nay thật sự đã trở về trái đất , xem video. By Tariq Malik, Managing Editor | October 18, 2014 12:38am ET VIDEO/upload/Qk2 Secretive X-37B Space Plane Lands At Vandenberg AFB ... ► 0:22► 0:22 youtube/watch?v=snAQT4HGpXw 4 hours ago - Uploaded by VideoFromSpace The unmanned, reusable space plane landed at the Air Force Base in Californoa on October 17th, 2014. The ... After a record-shattering 22 months in space, the U.S. Air Forces mysterious X-37B space plane returned to Earth on Friday (Oct .17) in a smooth landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The 674-day mission launched in December 2012, but the purpose of the top secret spaceflight has been classified. The X-37B space plane landing was completely automatic and captured in images and video. You can see those amazing images here in this Space gallery. The U.S. Air Forces mysterious X-37B unmanned space plane is serviced by a ground crew after successfully landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 17, 2014. The landing wrapped up a record-breaking 674-day spaceflight for the winged min Here, the X-37B is serviced by a ground crew wearing protective suits after its successful landing on Oct. 17. The winged robotic spacecraft landed at 9:24 a.m. PDT at the Vandenberg Air Force Base to end its 22-month mission. The mission originally launched on Dec. 11, 2012. The U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office oversaw the mission, which marked the third X-37B flight since 2010. Credit: Boeing. A U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane swoops down for a landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 17, 2014 after spending 22 months in space on a secret mission. The X-37B space plane is also called the Orbital Test Vehicle (or OTV) in Air Force parlance, with its latest mission known as OTV-3. Here, the spacecraft swoops down toward the runway at Vandenberg during its pinpoint landing. [See more X-37B photos from the OTV-3 mission.] The images here were provided to the Air Force by Boeing, which built the two X-37B space planes using its Phantom Works division. You can see some more amazing views of the landing here: A mysterious X-37B space plane makes its approach for landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Oct. 17, 2014 in this view. The winged robotic spacecraft spent 674 days in space on a secret mission for the U.S. Air Force. Another view of the X-37B space plane landing on Oct. 17 as it approaches the Vandenberg runway. Credit: Boeing A rear view of the X-37B robotic space plane landing of Oct. 17, 2014 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This view of the X-37B space plane landing is actually a still from an Air Force video of the landing captured on the runway at Vandenberg. The X-37B space plane that flew the OTV-3 mission was actually making its second spaceflight. The spacecraft launched on the first X-37B mission, called OTV-1. in 2010 and spent 225 days in space on that flight. This latest mission puts its time in space at 899 days. Credit: Boeing. An X-37B space plane touches down at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 17, 2014 to end a 22-month secret mission for the U.S. military. It marked the third X-37B space plane flight since 2010. Another view of the X-37B space plane landing. While the X-37B may look like a version of NASAs space shuttles, the military space plane is actually much smaller. Two X-37B vehicles could fit inside the 60-foot payload bay of a NASA shuttle. Credit: Boeing. A U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane zooms by a camera during the successful landing of the OTV-3 mission at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 17, 2014. The X-37B space plane zooms by a camera during the successful landing of the OTV-3 mission at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A recovery team was standing ready to receive the spacecraft after its 674-day spaceflight. Credit: Boeing. A recovery crew works on the X-37B space plane shortly after the spacecraft landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 17, 2014. The robotic X-37B spacecraft spent 674 days in orbit. Recovery crew members work on the X-37B space plane after the vehicles successful landing on Oct. 17. The recovery crew is responsible for processing the X-37B vehicle to make sure the vehicle is safe to be towed back to its hangar for additional work. Credit: Boeing. A recovery crew works on the U.S. Air Forces unmanned X-37B space plane on Oct. 17, 2014 shortly after the spacecrafts landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Here, the recovery crew is working on the aft of the X-37B, which houses its tail fins, rocket engine and other vital systems. The X-37B spacecraft has its own small payload (which is about the size of a pickup truck bed) and a solar array to generate power during long space missions. The black tiles and panels along its nose, wings and belly serve as a protective heat shield during re-entry. Credit: Boeing. A recovery crew team works to process the U.S. Air Forces X-37B space plane after the robotic spacecrafts successful landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 17, 2014. It was the third X-37B mission for the Air Force. The scale of the X-37B space plane is clear in this view of the spacecraft as it is being serviced by a recovery crew. The spacecraft is about 29 feet (8.8 meters) long and 9.5 feet (2.9 m) tall. It has a wingspan of about 15 feet (4.6 m). Credit: Boeing. An American flag waves over the runway landing site for the U.S. Air Forces third X-37B space plane mission, which returned to Earth on Oct. 17, 2014 after a 22-month secret mission. An American flag waves over the runway landing site for the U.S. Air Forces third X-37B space plane mission as recovery crew members work to process the spacecraft after its 674-day flight in this official mission photo. Credit: Boeing. The U.S. Air Forces third X-37B space plane mission comes to an end with a smooth landing at Vandenberg Air Force Station in California on Oct. 17, 2014. Above, the X-37B sits on the Vandenberg runway after its smooth landing on Oct. 17. Credit: Boeing. The U.S. Air Forces mysterious X-37B space plane is seen on a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after its successful landing on Oct. 17, 2014. The landing marked the end of a record-shattering 674-day mission by the robotic spacecraft. This last photo from Boeing gives us a departing look at the X-37B on the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The landing on Oct. 17 marked the successful second flight of this particular X-37B vehicle, proving its viability as a reusable spacecraft. A second X-37B vehicle was used to fly the OTV-2 mission for the Air Force in 2011. So far, all X-37B missions have launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Air Force has been studying the potential of using NASAs former space shuttle landing site at the Kennedy Space Center for Florida landings of the X-37B spacecraft.
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