An experimental reusable spacecraft under development in China has returned to Earth after completing its third mission. This is what he writes about Space News.
According to journalists, the ship remained in space for 267 days. As a result, its third mission lasted nine days less than its second. Moreover, the first mission of the reusable spacecraft lasted only two days.
According to the news agency XinhuaThe Chinese craft’s third flight went off without a hitch and ended without incident, but other details about the mission and photos taken during the operation were not made public.
In July 2024, the scientific journal Journal of Deep Space Exploration stated About the PRC’s plans to carry out the first mission to change the orbit of an asteroid using impact by 2030. The target was the near-Earth object 2015 XF261, a space rock with a diameter of 30 meters.
From the material it becomes clear that this asteroid last approached the planet on July 9. Then it flew 50 million kilometers from the Earth, and its speed became 42 thousand kilometers per hour.
Previously in China clarified Possible date for the start of tourist flights into space.
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Source: Gazeta
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