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title: The US Air Force’s top secret space plane lands after 2 years in orbit — and no one knows why — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/the-us-air-forces-top-secret-space-plane-lands-after-2-years-in-orbit-and-no-one-knows-why/
date: 2017-05-09
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# The US Air Force’s top secret space plane lands after 2 years in orbit — and no one knows why

On May 7, the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida got a loud surprise. One of the Air Force’s two secret X-37B space planes announced its re-entry to Earth with a loud sonic boom.