China Picks Cargo Craft Concepts, Names Space Station Mission Crew

Haolong cargo shuttle concept.

Credit: AVIC via state media Huanqiu
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has downselected two “low-cost cargo transporter” concepts to fulfill cost-efficient methods to supply the Tiangong space station. After two rounds of selection from 10 proposals, CMSA shortlisted the Qingzhou cargo spacecraft from the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
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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