Secret US military mini-shuttle lands in California
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The US military's unmanned X-37B robotic space shuttle returned from orbit at 5:48 a.m. in California (1248 GMT)from a secretive 15-month test flight, Air Force officials said on Saturday.
The miniature space plane, also known as Orbital Test Vehicle-2, or OTV-2, touched down at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base, 130 miles (209 kilometres) northwest of Los Angeles. It was only the second US vehicle to make an autonomous runway landing from space. (Reuters)
