U.S. Air Force Set to Launch Space Plane

It has been a long haul to the launch pad, but the U.S. Air Force and Boeing are gearing up to loft the X-37B – an unpiloted military space plane, SPACE.com has learned. Tucked inside the shroud of an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), the winged craft will be boosted out of Cape Canaveral, Fla., orbit the Earth and then make an auto-pilot landing in California. More

(Source: Fox News - Jun 5)