The Air Force is preparing for the Atlas V launch in December of the first U.S.robotic military spaceplane mission into orbit.The X-37B Orbital Test Ve-hicle flight will mark a fundamental technology milestone for the Air Force.It will carry on winged hypersonic space vehicle technology as the space shuttle is canceled.This work is de-signed to propel the Air Force mission more rapidly-to where the blue sky turns to black-using a reusable hyper-sonic craft serviced on the ground just like an airplane.
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