X-37B Robotic Space Plane Demonstrator To Launch On April 19

If you have an interest in space related goodies and robots, then the news that the X-37B robotic space plane is scheduled for launch on April 19th from Florida is certainly good news for you. The X-37B is a demonstration vehicle designed for testing in space and will be launched next month on top of an Atlas V rocket. It will spend an unspecified about of time in orbit, which could be a few days, as it has an endurance of 270 days, before coming back to land autonomously at the Vandenburg Air Force Base. We’re not sure if this will help realize our dreams of making a shopping trip on the moon, but hopefully it’s a step in the right direction.