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Space engineers have been waiting for this news to happen.

A secretive space plane developed by US’s Boeing company landed back on earth on Saturday 12th of November 2022 –  after completing 908 days of sojourn in space.

A Boeing company statement issued said “The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has set a new endurance record after spending 908 days in orbit before landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 5:22 a.m. ET, November 12, 2022. This surpasses its previous record of 780 days in-orbit.”

The solar-powered spacecraft resembles the retired space shuttle, but is several times smaller, about 9 meters (29 feet) long. Its five previous missions in orbit lasted from 224 to 780 days.
This time, the spacecraft hosted a service module, which conducted experiments for the US Naval Research Laboratory, the US Air Force Academy and others, the company said.

With the successful completion of its sixth mission the reusable spaceplane has now flown over 1.3 billion miles and spent a total of 3,774 days in space where it conducts experiments for government and industry partners with the ability to return them to Earth for evaluation.
“This mission highlights the Space Force’s focus on collaboration in space exploration and expanding low-cost access to space for our partners, within and outside of the Department of the Air Force (DAF),” said Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations.
The sixth mission was launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May 2020.
“Hosted experiments included a solar energy experiment designed by the Naval Research Lab, as well as a satellite designed and built by cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory. The satellite, dubbed FalconSat-8, was successfully deployed in October 2021 and remains on orbit today,” the company said.