Reacting to a news report that said the U. S. Air Force is using its secret X-37B unmanned spaceplane to spy on China's space station module, the USAF insists it's doing nothing of the kind. Outside experts tend to agree, noting the difference in the orbits of the two spacecraft. Of course, that doesn't mean the U. S. isn't interested in Tiangong 1, but those same experts say America has better ways to get information about it.
The USAF says it is using the X-37B to test new technologies, but declines to go beyond that. For whatever it's worth, the outside experts say that's reasonable.
One of those new technologies is clearly not a cloaking device. Amateur astronomers around the world are tracking both spacecraft.
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