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Space Programs: U.S. vs. China

I’ve previously written about the X-37B here, here, here, and here. The U.S. Air Force space plane recently landed, breaking space orbital endurance records. But as this Danger Room article points out, the international context of that record might be more important than many people think. The Danger Room article says that although the U.S.…

The X-37B Finally Lands

Remember the Air Force’s secret space plane, the X-37B? If you don’t, I talked about it here, here, and here. Launched in March of last year, the X-37B was originally supposed to return from space after only 270 days. Now it is scheduled to land sometime in mid-June. So what was the secret mission? What…