A Secret Space Plane Just Landed After a Record Stay in Orbit

A Secret Space Plane Just Landed After a Record Stay in Orbit
The plane spent 780 continuous days in orbit conducting classified experiments for the US Air Force before autonomously landing itself.
The old space shuttle landing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center received an unusual visitor early Sunday morning when the Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane autonomously returned from orbit after a record-breaking mission. For the last 780 days, the Air Force Research Laboratory used the space plane as an orbital platform for classified experiments. These experiments tested technologies ranging from avionics to advanced propulsion systems, and deployed a few small satellites.