X-40A flies
The Boeing X-40A for the Space Manoeuver Test (SMT) vehicle technology demonstrator has made its first flight at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, gliding 9,000ft (3,000m) to earth after release from a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The flight demonstrated the X-40A's navigation, guidance and control system, which activated autonomously upon ...
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