Reusable Chinese Spacecraft Successfully Launched

China successfully launched an experimental reusable spacecraft Friday to test technologies that will help provide support for activities in space, state media reported.

China successfully launches a reusable spacecraft to test technologies targeted at future (Representative Photo) (REUTERS)

China successfully launched an experimental reusable spacecraft Friday to test technologies that will help provide support for activities in space, state media reported.

The spacecraft was launched on a Long March-2F rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia and will return to a scheduled landing site after a period of in-orbit operation, Xinhua News Agency said.

China has been expanding its space exploration efforts, including constructing its own space station. US officials criticized China last weekend after remnants of a rocket fell to Earth over the Indian Ocean, saying there was a lack of information-sharing about the trajectory of the debris.