Uploaded December 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
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The U.S. Air Force's first unmanned re-entry spacecraft landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:16 a.m. PST Dec. 3, 2010.
The X-37B, named Orbital Test Vehicle 1 (OTV-1), conducted on-orbit experiments for more than 220 days during its maiden voyage. It fired its orbital maneuver engine in low-earth orbit to perform an autonomous reentry before landing.
Video credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing Public Affairs
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The U.S. Air Force's first unmanned re-entry spacecraft landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:16 a.m. PST Dec. 3, 2010.
The X-37B, named Orbital Test Vehicle 1 (OTV-1), conducted on-orbit experiments for more than 220 days during its maiden voyage. It fired its orbital maneuver engine in low-earth orbit to perform an autonomous reentry before landing.
Video credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing Public Affairs
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PicoSat was the 180th and final payload deployed in shuttle history.
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http://collectSPACE.com — For the first time, SpaceX successfully landed its Falcon 9 rockets first stage on the autonomous spaceport drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Atlantic Ocean on April 8, 2016.
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