Topic: The White Knight flys again and drops the X-37

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White Knight mothership

The early morning drop of the unpiloted X-37 took place high above the desert landscape in the Mojave, California area. The drop took place at about 37,000 feet, accomplished by taking the space plane skyward, tucked underneath the Scaled Composites White Knight carrier plane.

White Knight is operated by Scaled Composites of Mojave, California—the pioneering firm that used the same mothership to tote SpaceShipOne to altitude for release. It was SpaceShipOne, also designed by the firm that snagged the $10 million Ansari X Prize by back-to-back piloted suborbital flights in 2004.

The ALTV (the X-37) successfully executed its autonomous landing profile, Tedino told SPACE.com, “but the vehicle experienced an anomaly after touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base, California and departed the end of the runway. The ALTV flight team is assessing the situation and reviewing test data. No further information is available at this time.”