X-37B Mini-Shuttle Drone: 1 year, 3 days, and counting...

[eyer]

...initially scheduled for a nine month trip to end last December, the second X-37B flight is still orbiting the globe @ 17K mph.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/04/article-2069815-0F0CE2D400000578-278_634x391.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/04/22/article-1268138-09416059000005DC-90_634x702.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2112146/Mystery-U-S-X-37B-space-plane-orbit-year.html

 

[1sickbastard]

That's actually a damn cool bit of engineering.