China has successfully launched and landed an experimental reusable spacecraft, according to state-owned media Xinhua news agency.
The spacecraft was launched on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch center located in Inner Mongolia on Friday.
State media Xinhua called the event an "important breakthrough" in the research of reusable spacecraft technology in China.GUANGZHOU, China — China has successfully launched and landed an experimental reusable spacecraft, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency which lauded the achievement as an "important breakthrough."
The spacecraft was launched on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch center located in Inner Mongolia on Friday.There are very few details on the project which appeared to be shrouded in secrecy. There are no official images of the spacecraft. Xinhua called the event an "important breakthrough" in research of reusable spacecraft technology in China which can provide a "more convenient and cheap" way to travel back and forth from space for "peaceful" purposes.
Reusable spacecraft are seen as way of reducing the cost of space travel. The U.S. has an unmanned reusable spacecraft called the X-37B which has already completed a handful of missions.The country
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