garymortimer writes that according to a report published by China Aviation Journal, “China has successfully launched its own space plane prototype; the news came out shortly after the US Air Force announced the successful test of their advanced X37B space plane. This story has now been deleted. Hong Kong’s Ming Pao daily on Tuesday said Shaanxi TV last Saturday quoted acting provincial governor Zhao Zhengyong as saying China has ‘succeeded in the test flight of a prototype aircraft that can fly through the atmospheric layer.’ Zhao was visiting a state-run aircraft corporation at Xi’an high-tech industrial development zone.”

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Has China Already Flown a Space Plane?