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China’s ‘space dream’: A Long March to the Moon and beyond – Space Daily
Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2021 – The successful entry of China’s Tianwen-1 probe into Mars’ orbit on Wednesday underlined just how far the country has come in achieving…
The successful entry of China’s Tianwen-1 probe into Mars’ orbit on Wednesday underlined just how far the country has come in achieving its space dream.
Beijing has poured billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and eventually sending humans to the Moon.
The country has come a long way in its race to catch up with the United States and Russia, whose astronauts and cosmonauts have decades of experience in space exploration.
But Beijing sees…
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