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Atlas on the launch pad with X-37B

An Atlas 5 rocket was rolled from the Vertical Integration Facility to its Cape Canaveral pad Wednesday morning for Thursday's launch of the U.S. military's experimental X-37B spaceplane, the prototype for an unmanned reusable space shuttle.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance













Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance

 

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