China's new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity

China's new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity

Space Daily

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Bloomington IN (SPX) Dec 12, 2022

The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit. On Nov. 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from China's Gobi Desert carrying three taikonauts - the Chinese word for astronauts. Six hours later, they reached their destination, China's recently completed space station, called Tiangong, which means "heavenly palace" in Mandarin. The three ta

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