{"id":92098,"date":"2019-10-29T13:24:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92098"},"modified":"2019-10-29T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T17:24:09","slug":"unmanned-space-plane-sets-780-day-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=92098","title":{"rendered":"Unmanned Space Plane Sets 780 Day Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Air Force’s mystery space plane landed at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility. It broke the record by orbiting for 780 days. This completed its fifth mission.<\/p>\n

Originally posted by NPR:<\/span><\/p>\n

As in previous missions, many of the details about the vehicle’s activities in the past two years are being kept under wraps. One experiment was to “test experimental electronics and oscillating heat pipe technologies in the long-duration space environment,” according to the Air Force statement.<\/p>\n

Randy Walden, the director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, said the latest X-37B mission “successfully hosted Air Force Research Laboratory experiments, among others, as well as providing a ride for small satellites.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some expressed concerns about the bit about the small satellites. One astronomer argued that this should’ve been registered with the UN. You could read more on NPR’s<\/a> article.<\/p>\n

From CBS Evening News:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n