Jeremy Webster/US Air ForceX-37BA space plane is a reusable spacefaring craft that can maneuver in space independently and also fly and glide within Earth's atmosphere.
The most well-known space planes are the American Space Shuttle and the Soviet Buran.
The program is surrounded in such extreme secrecy that there are no known images of the space plane in its current form.
Though the exact start date is unknown, academic models of a Chinese space plane were reported as far back as 2000.
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