The mysterious Chinese Space Shuttle has just returned to Earth

Everything seems to have gone as planned: the Chinese Space Shuttle has managed to return to Earth after spending two days in orbit. But the information we have about him is very little

(Photo: STR / AFP via Getty Images) He managed to land safely, but not much else is known about him. It is a mysterious reusable Space Shuttle made in China which, according to what the Chinese state media say, will mark a turning point for the country: the shuttle, in fact, has proven to be "safe and cheap" for making round trips in the space . According to the official Xinhua News Agency, the mysterious spacecraft was launched on 4 September from the Jiuquan Space Center (Inner Mongolia) with the Long March-2F rocket, only to return to Earth after spending only two days. in orbit.

But what it is called and how it is made is not known: in fact, no information and details on the mission have been released and there are not even available images of the space plane. Although a Chinese military source described it to the South China Morning Post with characteristics very similar to those of the X-37B. The X-37B, we recall, is a US Air Force space shuttle about 8 meters long and 3 high, a smaller version of the NASA Shuttles (so much so that it cannot accommodate a crew).