Thunderbirds Are Go!
the secret X-37B will launch on it's ultra secret mission, the US Air Force is scheduled to send its secret space plane back into orbit for undisclosed purposes, it's primary mission is an absolute secret so no news on that one, but in one of it's secondary missions the X-37B will perform for the first time a flight test of it's Hall thruster, which is a type of ion engine specifically for manoeuvring around in space, these ultra-efficient engines are primarily used for satellite course-corrections and to propel spacecraft in deep space missions besides the Hall thruster, NASA has a materials test on board the X-37B, the plane will wave around 100 new materials, to see how they react to the void of space, since the X-37B will likely be in space for some time, the materials will get a reasonable amount of exposure and then be brought back to earth safely for NASA to evaluate after the mission is over, so the countdown has begun, who knows what secrets X-37B will bring back to the US Air-force.
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