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Secretive US Space Force X-37B space plane 'breaks new ground' as it returns to Earth after 434 days in orbit (photos)
The U.S. Space Force's robotic space plane X-37B returned to Earth has returned to Earth after spending more than 434 days in ...
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NASA and Boeing Hit ‘Pause’ on Experimental X-66
Transonic truss-braced wing project is on hold after Boeing proposes to investigate a simpler, thin-wing design.
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Boeing Puts X-66 On Ice But Will Continue Thin Wing Studies
Based on a heavily modified McDonnell Douglas MD-90, the X-66 was intended to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing at full scale. The experimental aircraft formed the flagship of NASA’s ...
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Secret Air Force space plane X-37B creates sonic boom in Florida
One of the Air Force's two secret X-37B space planes announced its re-entry to Earth with a loud sonic boom. The plane is part of the Air Force's X-37 program. Not much is known about this program ...
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Secretive military space plane lands in Florida with a sonic boom
A secretive space plane returned to Earth on Sunday with a ... rocket landing looks like something out of science fiction The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is the military's newest and most ...
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NASA, Boeing pause X-66 to chase breakthrough ultra-thin wing aircraft design
The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing.
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The Next X-Plane
Some aircraft can do some of those things today; DARPA wants an X-plane that can do them all and ... the boundaries out of our dominant design space that we have today.” The invention of the ...