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X-37B begins novel space maneuver (www.spaceforce.mil)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How did it get home on previous missions?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Deorbit burn. It will still do that, it’s using aerobraking to lower its apogee; same thing Mars missions (such as MRO) have done.