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A U.S. intelligence report reportedly includes a rare orbital image of China's experimental spaceplane, offering the first detailed look at its design. The craft's shape is said to closely resemble other known spaceplane designs, such as the U.S. X-37B.
The US Defense Intelligence Agency has published a high-resolution photo of China's secretive winged spacecraft, taken by a commercial Vantor (formerly Maxar) imaging satellite in 2024. The image shows delta wings, payload bay doors, a dark heat shield and a rear service module with solar arrays, closely resembling the US Space Force's X-37B. China has flown four such spaceplane missions since 2020, including one currently in orbit since February.
A visit to the British Interplanetary Society's London headquarters, the world's oldest space advocacy group founded in 1933, finds members like 71-year-old fellow Jerry Stone still preoccupied with the prospect of human missions to Mars. The society's library holds decades' worth of books and speculative literature on Martian exploration, propulsion systems and colonization schemes.