The U.S.
military's hush-hush robotic X-37B space plane is slated to blast off again
next month, Air Force officials say. The mission will test the robotic
spacecraft's reusability and may eventually land on the Florida runway once
used for NASA space shuttles.
The
X-37B space plane's next mission — called Orbital Test Vehicle-3, or OTV-3,
because it is the program's third-ever spaceflight — is scheduled to launch
aboard an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
(CCAFS) sometime in October.
"Preparations
for launch at Cape Canaveral have begun," said Major Tracy Bunko at the
Pentagon’s Air Force press desk. "We are on track to launch OTV-3 next
month; however, the exact date remains subject to change based on range
conditions, weather, etc."
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