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X-37B Space Plane’s Next Launch Scheduled for Mid-May

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, May 6th, 2020

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X-37B Space Plane’s Next Launch Scheduled for Mid-May

The Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle manufactured by Boeing. (Photo: Air Force)

The U.S. military’s X-37B “space plane” is scheduled to launch its sixth mission May 16, carrying multiple defense and civil space experiments aboard, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said May 6. Speaking during a conference webinar sponsored by the Space Foundation, Barrett said the launch will occur at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, in a partnership between the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Offices and the Space Force. “Demonstrating the department’s innovation, this X-37B mission will host more experiments than…

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