X-37B SPACE PLANE

X-37B Returns to Earth 
 

By John Antczak - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Dec 3, 2010 18:36:29 EST

LOS ANGELES — The military’s secretive X-37B unmanned space plane slipped out of orbit and landed itself in early morning darkness Friday at a California airbase after a successful maiden flight that lasted more than seven months, the Air Force said.