China Shows Off Reusable Space Shuttle

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Car-Plane-Go China has shown off a reusable shuttle that it intends to use to ferry cargo to and from its Tiangong space station.As Space.com reports, the project dubbed Haolong recently won the state-owned Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute a government contract to develop a low-cost space station cargo spacecraft.

In July, its maiden voyage was delayed from September of this year to sometime next year.

Despite some renders, though, Haolong is still far from taking to the skies as the project's design is still under view.

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Author / Journalist: Victor Tangermann

Category: Technology

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Topics: Off World Dream chaser The digest Sierra space Space plane Tiangong China China space station

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Published On: 2024-11-17 @ 12:00:43 (13 hours ago)

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