US military spacecraft back on ground after 7 months

Washington (AFP) Dec 3, 2010 An unmanned US Air Force spacecraft with a vaguely defined military mission landed early Friday in California after a seven-month mission, officials said. The X-37B, the US Air Force’s first unmanned re-entry spacecraft, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:16 am local time (0932 GMT), according to an Air Force statement. The orbital spacecraft “conducted on-orbit experiments for mor

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