An experimental reusable space vehicle returned to China on Monday after spending 276 days in orbit, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The success of this test “marks an important advance in the investigation of reusable spacecraft technology,” the agency said, without specifying the landing site of the device.
The reuse of spacecraft “will provide a more convenient and cost-effective way to get to and from space,” Xinhua said.
China recently completed a vertical landing test of a rocket on a sea platform, laying the groundwork for the recovery and subsequent reuse of the devices.
Other companies, such as the American SpaceX, have developed recoverable parts in recent years.
Over the past decade, Beijing has made significant investments in the space program and has achieved milestones such as the successful landing of a probe on the side of the Moon not visible from Earth in January 2019, an achievement that no country has achieved to date. date.
Source: TSF
