The new spacecraft will be able to carry more crew and cargo than the current three-seat spacecraft.
China is developing a next-generation aircraft capable of carrying seven people into orbit. This was announced on Thursday, June 8, by the China Manned Space Flight Program Office on the WeChat social network.
“The new ship will have more space, it can be used again,” the message said.
According to the chief designer of the program, Zhou Jianping, this project could be implemented in the next few years.
China is also developing a new manned launch vehicle. It will have greater launch thrust, more components and a larger payload area, making it more economical than previous generations of Chinese missiles.
Beijing actively developed the national space program, developing meteorological, telecommunications and navigation satellites, as well as technologies for lunar exploration. Chinese specialists are simultaneously implementing a project to study asteroids and Mars. The space station of the People’s Republic of China is operating normally in orbit. In 2022, China made 64 launches. According to this indicator for this period, it is ranked second after the United States.
It will be recalled that in July last year, China launched the first Lijian-1 carrier rocket, which launched six satellites into orbit.
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