A robotic space plane launched from Cape Canaveral at 7: 52 p.m. tonight, and god knows what that even means. The X-37b is a small unmanned orbiter that can stay in space for up nine months at a time and glides down to a runway landing like some eerie 2010 version of, say, a 1970s space shuttle. Nobody will say what it's doing or why it's up there.
US Launches Secret Robot Space Shuttle
US Launches Secret Robot Space Shuttle
US Launches Secret Robot Space Shuttle
A robotic space plane launched from Cape Canaveral at 7: 52 p.m. tonight, and god knows what that even means. The X-37b is a small unmanned orbiter that can stay in space for up nine months at a time and glides down to a runway landing like some eerie 2010 version of, say, a 1970s space shuttle. Nobody will say what it's doing or why it's up there.