Steve Cochran

The U.S.'s first unmanned re-entry spacecraft landed at an airfield today, seven months after it was launched. The X-37B's exact purpose remained shrouded in secrecy when it touched-down at at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast 130 miles north west of Los Angeles. It was launched by an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 22, with a maximum mission duration of 270 days and is suspected of being an advanced spy plane. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO REPORT Inspection...Read Full Story

Join JDRF and the WGN Radio team for the 33rd annual Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes on Sunday, October 2nd. Help celebrate Ron’s incredible legacy at one of five locations around Chicagoland or one location in Central Illinois. JDRF is the worldwide leader in funding research to cure type 1 diabetes, providing nearly $107 million last year and more than $1.5 billion since its inception. The goal for this year’s walk is $5 million. Let’s all work together to help achieve it...Read Full Story

LOS  ANGELES — The U.S. military's secretive X-37B unmanned spaceplane slipped out of orbit and landed itself in early morning darkness Friday at a California airbase after a successful maiden flight that lasted more than seven months, the Air Force said. The stubby-winged, robotic craft fired its engine to begin re-entry into Earth's atmosphere and autonomously landed at 1:16 a.m. PST at coastal Vandenberg Air Force Base, 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles Range safety officers were on hand...Read Full Story

The U.S. Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane is poised to launch on its second mission Friday (March 4), though what exactly it will be doing once it leaves the ground remains a mystery. The  robotic X-37B mini-shuttle  is slated to lift off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Friday atop an Atlas 5 rocket, weather permitting. Its launch window opens at 3:39 p.m. EST (2039 GMT), according to the launch provider United Launch Alliance, which is overseeing the flight. This will mark the second...Read Full Story

Wgn Radio , Ron Santo, former third baseman of the Chicago Cubs became a broadcaster for the team of Major League Baseball, died yesterday at age 70. Santo death was confirmed at the site of WGN, where he worked as a radio*n*lyst on Cubs games. Santo died in Arizona from complications of bladder cancer, he said. “He loved the Cubs,” Pat Hughes, Santo broadcast partner, told the Chicago Tribune. “The Cubs have lost their biggest fan.” Santo had a lifelong battle with diabetes, which...Read Full Story

WGN Radio welcome Mat For Johnny B : The famous music video screed Johnny B, At the closing moment of the Jonathon Brandmeier. You can have a shot of him saying “WILL WORK . . . for a million dollars” . There were speculation that famous Johnny B might have headed for WGN-AM (720), the veteran Chicago radio. He was spotted giving a grand tour to the Tribune Co.-owned news/talk station on Saturday as scheduled by the program director Kevin “Pig Virus” Metheny. As no official offer is being...Read Full Story

Secret X-37B Mini Space Shuttle Lands: X-37B course lion Lt Col Troy Giese stated moments abutting landing, “We are totally tickled pink that the shortcut on ice intact the on-orbit objectives seeing the culminating mission.” Above is an rubicund camera view of the aperture angle taxiing neighboring access this morning. The orifice plane’s definitive shooting match was not divulged, besides the air activity did not right away balance materiality about the action of the dominion or if...Read Full Story

X-37B Space Plane .. Friday Launch .. Very cool looking.. The U.S. Air Force's X-37B is set to launch on Friday - but its mission is still a mystery. What makes it cool, is the X-37B is a robotic mini-shuttle.  (Kind of like Mini me.) It will take off from Cape Canaveral around 3:30 p.m. See it - Link it: yahoo news articleRead Full Story

X-37B Spacecraft: “It’s Still Up There” December 1st, 2011 Via: MSNBC : The secretive X-37B robotic space plane is about to set its own space-endurance record on a hush-hush project operated by the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. The craft, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle-2, was boosted into Earth orbit atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 5. On Wednesday, the X-37B spacecraft will mark its 270th day of flight — a lifetime in space that was...Read Full Story

The U.S. Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane is poised to launch on its second mission on Friday, March 4, though what exactly it will be doing once it leaves the ground remains a mystery. The robotic X-37B mini-shuttle is slated to lift off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Friday atop an Atlas 5 rocket, weather permitting. Its launch window opens at 3:39 p.m. EST (2039 GMT), according to the launch provider United Launch Alliance, which is overseeing the flight. Read moreRead Full Story