PRC. Project 714, Shuguang 1 (Dawn) manned space capsule

[TsrJoe]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuguang_(spacecraft)
http://www.astronautix.com/s/shuguang1.html
https://falsesteps.wordpress.com/20...d-shuguang-1-the-first-chinese-space-program/
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=26143.0
https://reves-d-espace.com/le-programme-spatial-habite-chinois-hier-aujourdhui-et-demain/

https://twitter.com/x/status/1458175228694106127

View: https://x.com/LM__Kas/status/1458175228694106127?lang=ca

 

[Springtime]

Remember reading about this the original Astronauts were or at least most combat veterans with i believe a few were involved in downing Recon drones firebees if I recall correctly and othe interesting stuff

 

[TheKutKu]

There also was a chinese project for a Mercury-Redstone-like suborbital crewed spaceflight in the early 60s. It was probably much smaller than Shuguang however, the latter employed 30,000 workers at its peak...

 

[cattalonX]

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...umman-moon-suit-republic-etc.5714/post-614947

 

[cattalonX]

Although most of the information indicates that the Shuguang looks like a Gemini, there are still some different pictures

 

[Springtime]

Great stuff a true story of IF?

 

[cattalonX]

Great stuff a true story of IF?

Shuguang i's a real plan.But it didn't end because of political problem
All the projects that ended due to Marshal Lin Biao came to an end in September 1971, while the Shuguang continued afteryears

 

[Archibald]

What the heck happened to my post ? I said I had doubts, no about Shuguang (which really existed) but rather, the narrative as it is told outside China. Wished we had more chinese points of view and sources to set the record straight - what's wrong, what's right.

 

[NMaude]

So basically a Chinese Gemini spacecraft?

 

[publiusr]

It looks like one certainly.