A group of 15 ‘Taikonauts’ made history with their first orbit transfer on China’s Tiangong space station. The goal is to establish the global power as a space exploration power. According to the BBC, Tiangong will be the second permanently inhabited outpost in orbit, after NASA’s International Space Station.
For more info about the Tiangong space station, check out this video by WSJ exploring its technology.
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