



Air Force's X-37B spaceplane blasts off

An Atlas 5 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral at 7:52 p.m. EDT (2352 GMT) today to propel into orbit the U.S. military's experimental X-37B spaceplane, the prototype for an unmanned reusable space shuttle. Photo credit: Spaceflight Now photos by Ben Cooper



















Credit: Spaceflight Now photos by Ben Cooper



