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The Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft (Chinese: 可重复使用试验航天器; pinyin: Kěchóngfùshǐyòng shìyàn hángtiānqì; lit. 'Reusable Experimental Spacecraft') is the first reusable spacecraft produced by China. It embarked upon its initial orbital mission on 4 September 2020.
A Chinese “reusable experimental spacecraft” believed to be the country’s secretive space plane has landed back on Earth after more than eight months in orbit – the latest development in a ...
China on Thursday successfully launched a reusable robotic spacecraft for the third time since 2020, in a series of secretive orbital test flights that it says are aimed at developing reusable ...
Tengyun is a reusable spaceplane project unveiled in 2016 by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. The spaceplane is composed of two planes, with the larger aircraft acting as a carrier aircraft. [4] A small scale model was shown at the Zhuhai Airshow 2018. [10]
China's spaceplane is most likely testing technology, much like the X-37B, said Victoria Samson, chief director of space security and stability at the Secure World Foundation thinktank in ...
Code named Program 863-706, the Chinese name of this spacecraft was revealed as "Shenlong Spaceplane" (神龙空天飞机). These images, possibly taken in late 2005, show the vehicle's black reentry heat shielding, indicating a reusable design, and its engine assembly. [6]
The "reusable experimental spacecraft" went into space on December 14 and returned eight months later, according to a brief issued by state news agency Xinhua on September 6, cited by CNN on Thursday.
Reusable Experimental Spacecraft [19] LEO: N/A Success Test flight of a reusable experimental spacecraft. [19] [20] 15 Y12 17 June 2021 01:22 2F/G LA-4/SLS-1, JSLC Shenzhou 12: LEO: Nie Haisheng Liu Boming Tang Hongbo: Success Three crew members; first visit to Tianhe, the first module of the Chinese Space Station, for a three-month mission. 16 ...