So little is known about Shenlong, China’s ultra-secret, reusable space plane that there ... however, the vehicles are capable of returning to Earth and landing on runways similar to ...

The vehicle ... images or videos of its space plane. The only way we knew when it had landed in 2020 was thanks to satellite trackers and Planet Labs satellite imagery of the Lop Nur landing site ...

While that mysterious Chinese space plane rolled to full stop on a landing strip earlier ... 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The whatever it is and does ...

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China’s secretive spaceplane Shenlong returned to Earth safely on September 5 after completing its 268 days of in-orbit operation. The reusable experimental spacecraft landed at a site in Gobi ...

China's Shenlong space plane ... test vehicle variant used by the U.S. Space Force, which is scheduled for launch on December 28, on the back of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. This image released ...

The Space Force also noted that the spaceplane was due to pass over its landing site ... to see when either, or both, spaceplanes decide to touch down. More: This Albatross-Like Plane Could ...