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Secret X-37B Spaceplane Maneuvers Could Impact Future Space Operations

Courtney Albon
24 October 2024
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The latest classified manoeuvres, utilising space capabilities, may advance low-fuel orbit-changing techniques, crucial for future missions. The X-37B acts as a testbed for NASA and Pentagon technologies, demonstrating aerobraking, a fuel-saving method used by NASA and other agencies.
READ: Secret X-37B Spaceplane Maneuvers Could Impact Future Space Operations.

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