The U.S. Air Force’s unmanned X-37B space plane has returned from its secretive mission, landing “at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to end its maiden voyage; the Orbital Test Vehicle 1 glided back to Earth over the Pacific Ocean before landing at about 1:16 a.m. PST (0916 GMT) today (Dec. 3).” Videos after the break. Click here for more pictures.

In all, the X-37B space plane spent more than 220 days in orbit. Air Force officials said earlier this week that the X-37B could land anytime between Friday and Monday (Dec. 3 to Dec. 6).

[via Space]

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