China quietly tested its first inflatable space module in orbit - SpaceNews
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China quietly tested its first inflatable space module in orbit China tested out a small expandable module in orbit during the recent Shijian-19 mission, an update more than a month after the spacecraft’s landing reveals.
  • threelonmusketeersOPMEnglish
    12•1 month ago

    I think that they didn’t announce it at the time of. We learned of the test only from a recent statement, several weeks after the mission took place.

    • @ladiciusEnglish
      4•1 month ago

      Yep. Why boast about stuff when you can simply experiment and learn.