U.S Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane beat the orbit record on Wednesday. The aircraft had circled the earth 470 days on Wednesday, beating the past record for longest orbit which was 469 days. This aircraft was the airforce's first unmanned aircraft to renter orbit. The mini space shuttle was launched on December 11, 2012. It has been circling the earth on a mystery mission from the American military. The robotic plane may use NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as a possible landing sight sometime in the future.
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David, Leonardo. "Air Force's Secretive X-37B Space Plane Shatters Orbit
Record." www.nbcnews.com. NBC News, 28 Mar. 2014. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. <http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/ air-forces-secretive-x-37b-space-plane-shatters-orbit-record-n66231>.
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