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The U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane returned to Earth on Sunday after completing more than two years in orbit.
The uncrewed X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility at 3:51 a.m. ET Sunday, the Air Force confirmed. The 780-day mission shattered the spaceplane’s own record of almost 718 days in orbit, which was set by Mission 4 when it returned to Earth in May 2017, Space.com reported.
X-37B MILITARY SPACE PLANE'S LATEST MYSTERY MISSION PASSES 600 DAYS
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on Oct. 27, 2019. (Air Force photo)
Mission 5 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on Sept. 7, 2017.
The solar-powered spaceplane was designed to spend 270 days in orbit, according to the Air Force. Space.com noted that most of its payloads remain classified.
MYSTERY MISSION: AIR FORCE'S X-37B SPACE PLANE NEARS 1 YEAR IN ORBIT
The secretive space plane completed more than two years in orbit. (Air Force photo)
“The X-37B continues to demonstrate the importance of a reusable spaceplane,” said Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, in a statement. “Each successive mission advances our nation’s space capabilities.”
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The Air Force is planning to launch a sixth X-37B from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in 2020.
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