The Space Force's Top-Secret Spaceplane Is About to Do a Sick Stunt

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Despite being top-secret, the Pentagon is promising that its X-37b spaceplane is going to do some sick-ass stunts in the upper atmosphere soon.

As SpaceNews reports, the Department of Defense's secretive X-37B craft is slated to do some aerobraking maneuvers while it passes through Earth's upper atmosphere, essentially using atmospheric drag to alter its orbit and save on fuel.

Manufactured by Boeing, the reusable and unmanned craft is jointly operated by the Space Force and Air Force.

 

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