China’s CAS Space Aims For 2028 Space Tourism Launch

CAS Space conducts the third flight of its Kinetica 1 rocket mode

A test flight of the CAS Space Kinetica 1 rocket.

Credit: China Daily
SINGAPORE—Chinese commercial space company CAS Space plans to introduce suborbital space tourism by 2028, unveiling a "space traveler" capsule that will seat seven passengers. If it comes to fruition, this would be China's first commercial space tourism venture. The passenger module will be mounted...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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