Air Force X-37B space plane breaks record for consecutive days in orbit
By: Diana Stancy Correll   17 hours ago
The Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle marked a new milestone on Monday.
The spacecraft, which the Air Force said is modeled after NASA’s X-37 program, passed 717 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes in space the morning of Aug. 26 — breaking the last record set by the X-37B’s previous mission.
The unmanned space plane is shrouded in secrecy and it’s missions are classified, so little is known about the work it conducts. According to the Air Force, the spacecraft is designed to “perform long duration space technology experimentation and testing.â€
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