A common saying often attributed to Oscar Wilde is that “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness,” and the latest example of that comes from the space race.

The Haolong space shuttle is being developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute under the state-owned ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Sierra Space Corporation have developed a new heat shield based on venerable 1980s Space ...

China has shown off a reusable shuttle that it intends to use to ferry cargo to and from its Tiangong space station. As Space.com reports, the project — dubbed Haolong — recently won the state ...

On October 13, 2024, Starship hit a major development milestone when both the spacecraft and its booster, the Super Heavy Booster, successfully returned to Earth. In a world-first, the booster ...

The new podcast 16 Sunsets opens with archive audio from Nasa’s mission control in 1981, in the build-up to the first flight ...

According to the State-owned defense conglomerate, the Haolong space shuttle, designed by its Chengdu Aircraft Design and ...

China unveiled a new space shuttle last week to keep the Tiangong ... However, this isn’t the first time that there has been a concerted Chinese effort to mimic American space technology.