UPDATE FROM WIRED: -- The two X-34 hypersonic research aircraft developed by Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp. to serve as flight demonstrators for a NASA rocket engine technology development program in the mid-1990s were transported overland via truck from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base to the Mojave Air and Spaceport Nov. 16-17. The two technology demonstrators will be stored temporarily at a hangar operated by the National Test Pilot School while undergoing inspections by Orbital Sciences personnel to determine if they are viable for flight, according to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Meawnhile, the X-37B min-shuttle, now on orbit, may be preparing for a landing in California soon, according to a Space.com report.
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