China's reusable Shenlong space plane launched on its fourth space mission earlier this month. What is it doing in Earth ...

China's secretive Shenlong space plane, also known as the 'Divine Dragon', has been sent into orbit for a fourth time, with the craft's mission shrouded in mystery ...

Craft has been observed releasing 'wingman' satellites into orbit ...

China’s Shenlong space plane launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for its fourth orbital mission to low Earth orbit, continuing tests for future reusable spacecraft technologies.

China has quietly sent its secretive Shenlong spaceplane back into orbit, marking the fourth mission of a reusable craft that many analysts see as a direct answer to the US X‑37B. The classified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US X-37B and China's Shenlong are unmanned spacecraft that play secretive roles in space. Space-based technology has long ...

China’s reusable Shenlong space plane has launched into orbit for its fourth mission, renewing international interest in what many analysts characterize as the country’s highly secretive space plane ...

That lack of transparency has left space experts and trackers piecing together clues from satellite data, amateur observations and orbital tracking.

China on Saturday launched the latest mission of its reusable experimental spacecraft – a potential rival to the US Space Force’s X-37B. It was China’s fourth launch of such a prototype spacecraft ...