Secret Space Plane Spotted By Skywatchers

That’s right. The United States has a ‘Secret Space Plane’ that launched on its second test flight into space during the last week of March 2011.

To me, it looks kind of like a smaller version of NASA’s Space Shuttle without the white paint.

But what, exactly, is it supposed to do?

Is it a space flying spy rig? Or could it be used to snatch or disable foreign spy satellites? Perhaps something else?   

There is a lot of speculation.

And here’s a great article that’s a super fun read on who spotted this thing and how we know it is up to something…secret!