China’s space survival experiment going well

The 180 days experiment with 4 volunters was started in June, 2016, and will finish in December. It is examined how oxygen, water and food can be used and reused in space. The physiological changes and emotional fluctuations of the volunteers brought by a hermetic...

China will develop space plane for commercial and tourist launches

The combined-cycle aerospace vehicle will be propelled by a combination of turbine, ramjet and rocket engines. It will use turbine engines, like those installed on jetliners, or rocket-based combined-cycle engines, when it takes off from a conventional runway. CAS...