China’s army has put a spectacular new concept on the table: a vast, triangular “space aircraft carrier” that looks like it flew straight out of a Star Wars storyboard. Branded Luanniao, the design is ...
Key Points - The US Space Force, through its SpaceWERX innovation arm, is funding Seattle-based startup Gravitics to develop an "orbital carrier"—a space-based platform akin to an aircraft carrier.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Luanniao concept emerges from China’s broader Nantianmen Project, launched by Aviation Industry Corporation of China in 2017.