A SECRET unmanned US spaceship landed in Florida after circling the Earth for three years, sparking UFO fears and a causing sonic boom. After a record 908 days in orbit, the solar-powered X-37B lan…
The module separated from the spacecraft before deorbiting so the landing would be safer.
Among the experiments was a satellite called the FalconSat-8 that was designed and built by academy cadets in a collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory.Another experiment analyzed the effect of long-time space exposure on seeds. "The seeds experiment will inform space crop production for future interplanetary missions and the establishment of permanently inhabited bases in space," said the military.
The Naval Research Laboratory's experience "successfully harnessed solar rays outside of Earth's atmosphere and aimed to transmit power to the ground in the form of radio frequency microwave energy," said Space Force. "This mission highlights the Space Force's focus on collaboration in space exploration and expanding low-cost access to space for our partners, within and outside of the Department of the Air Force," said General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations.The first mission in 2010 lasted about 224 days while its second mission in 2011 went on for 468 days.
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