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Launch of the US Air Force X-37B space plane using SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher, September 7, 2017. Screenshot from a SpaceX video

The secret X-37B space plane was launched on a SPACEX rocket shortly before Hurricane Irma hit Florida

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The X-37B space plane, yesterday at the Kennedy Space Center, after returning from a 718-day stay in space. Source: US Air Force courtesy photo.

The secret United States space plane has landed after 718 days in space

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Simulation of the X37B. It should be noted that the simulation was done by NASA in 2003, so it is possible that the current composition of the US Air Force is not the same as depicted in the simulation. Source: NASA.

The US Air Force's mysterious space plane has broken its previous record for staying in space

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The X-37B space plane in the third stage envelope of the launcher before launch. Similar to a ferry but much smaller. Photo: Boeing

The US military space plane X-37B took off for the fourth mysterious mission. It was also accompanied by an experimental solar sail during the launch

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Rescue crew members inspect the experimental X-37B space plane at Vandenberg Air Force Base after it spent 674 days in space. So far, such planes have been launched for three missions that stayed in space for 1,367 days. Photo: Boeing

The mysterious X-37B military space plane has landed after two years in orbit

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The X-37B spacecraft after landing at Vandenburg Air Force Base in California, December 3, 2010

The unmanned X-37B spacecraft returned from space after 220 days

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Rescue crew members inspect the experimental X-37B space plane at Vandenberg Air Force Base after it spent 674 days in space. So far, such planes have been launched for three missions that stayed in space for 1,367 days. Photo: Boeing

NASA transferred the X-37 space plane project to DARPA for further development as an intelligence spacecraft

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