An unmanned spacecraft, that has been orbiting Earth since May 2015, has landed in Florida, according to US military officials.
The Air Force posted tweets that the X37B spacecraft landed Sunday morning at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral after 718 days in orbit.
Multiple media outlets reported that the 29ft-long spacecraft’s return caused a sonic boom that rattled central Florida and could be heard as far away as Tampa and Fort Myers.
This is the first time the spacecraft has landed in Florida. Previous X37B missions have landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
In a statement, officials described the X37B spacecraft: “An experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the US Air Force.”
Another mission is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral later this year.
