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Image: Boeing X-37B after landing at Vandenberg AFB, 3 December 2010

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Description: The X-37B sits on the Vandenberg Air Force Base runway during post-landing operations Dec. 3. The X-37B, named Orbital Test Vehicle 1 (OTV-1), conducted on-orbit experiments for more than 220 days during its maiden voyage. It fired its orbital maneuver engine in low-earth orbit to perform an autonomous reentry before landing.
Title: Boeing X-37B after landing at Vandenberg AFB, 3 December 2010
Credit: http://www.afspc.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/101203-F-9709S-004.jpg
Author: United States Air Force/Michael Stonecypher
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