NASA's X-40A technology demonstrator

NASA's X-40A technology demonstrator had a successful fifth free-flight test May 8. The unpowered, unpiloted craft is a demonstrator for the X-37 robotic spaceplane program. In the fifth test, the X-40A was released off the centerline of its landing site at Edwards AFB, Calif., and its flight...

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