Journey into space
Army drone landed after 908 days
A US Army drone has returned to Earth after nearly two and a half years in space. Boeing announced that the unmanned X-37B spacecraft landed at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday.
A US Army drone has returned to Earth after nearly two and a half years in space. Boeing announced that the unmanned X-37B spacecraft landed at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday.
First launched in 2010, the drone has now spent more than ten years in space and has traveled more than 1.3 billion miles during six missions.
It is nine meters long, has a wingspan of 4.50 meters, and is powered by solar cells. The spacecraft was secretly developed for the US military by the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of the US companies Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Before its last launch in May 2020, the Pentagon said the mission was for a series of science experiments. Among other things, it is necessary to investigate how certain substances interact in space and how radiation in space affects different seeds. SDA)
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