Military space plane back after 908 days in orbit

An unmanned US military space plane landed yesterday after spending a record 908 days in orbit for its sixth mission and conducting science experiments. The solar-powered vehicle, which looks like a miniature space shuttle, landed at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre. Its previous mission lasted 780 days. For the first time, the space plane hosted a service module that carried experiments for the Naval Research Laboratory, US Air Force Academy and others.