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VideoLaunch story: X-37B embarks on fourth voyage in orbit
A robotic space shuttle with stubby wings, tail fins, its belly covered with black thermal tiles, clam-shell doors that swing open to reveal a payload bay and a solar array for ultralong-duration missions rode into orbit Wednesday on the fourth mission of the Air Force's reusable X-37B spaceplane project.
VideoVideo: Liftoff of Atlas 5 with X-37B on program’s fourth flight
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Air Force's X-37B reusable spaceplane from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with X-37B spaceplane
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket topped by the Air Force's X-37B miniature space shuttle blasted off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 today to deliver the spaceplane into orbit.
Citizen-funded CubeSat ready to go solar sailing
A shoebox-sized satellite conceived and funded by members of the Planetary Society, an advocacy organization co-founded by Carl Sagan, is fastened to an Atlas 5 rocket for launch Wednesday to test one of the late celebrity-astronomer's futuristic concepts for exploring the cosmos.
Photos: Atlas 5 on the pad for X-37B launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands poised for flight with the Air Force's X-37B spaceplane and a batch of CubeSats including the LightSail. The rocket was rolled to Complex 41 on Tuesday in preparation for launch on Wednesday.
Preview: X-37B spaceplane to journey back into space Wednesday
An experiment-carrying, reusable mini space shuttle operated by the U.S. Air Force will be boosted into Earth orbit Wednesday atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
Photos: X-37B gallery archive
This is a collection of images taken during the three previous flights of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mini space shuttle.
VideoVideos: Launch and landing archive of X-37B mini space shuttle
Relive the launches and landings of the Air Force's X-37B miniature space shuttle on Orbital Test Vehicle missions No.1, No. 2 and No. 3.
ULA, SpaceX face off in landmark Air Force launch competition
The U.S. Air Force has identified the launch of a next-generation GPS navigation satellite for the first in a series of competitive rocket procurements between United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, service officials announced Wednesday.
VideoVideo: X-37B payload mated to Atlas 5
Already encapsulated in the 18-foot-diameter nose cone, the Air Force's X-37B spaceplane is hoisted atop the Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral's Vertical Integration Facility.