The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is nearing a major milestone - one year of travel in Earth orbit, performing duties in support of long-term space objectives. Lifting-body designThe two known X-37B space planes have been built for the Air Force by Boeing Government Space Systems, with flights conducted under the auspices of the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office. While details are scant about the X-37B program, a little light on the project may be shed during the National Space Club''s 57th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner, to be held next March in Washington, D.C. Slated to receive the General Bernard Schriever Award at the event is Major Joshua Chumley, USAF, Commander, Operating Location Alpha, 3d Space Experimentation Squadron, U.S. Air Force Space Command. Chumley is on tap to pick up the prestigious award "For leading a selectively manned team responsible for operation of the United States' first unmanned, autonomous, reusable space plane - the Orbital Test Vehicle, or X-37B," according to a National Space Club press release.
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