[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Humanity getting a second basket for its eggs...- The trio blasted off in a Long March-2F rocket in the early hours of the morning
- They docked with their Tiangong space station after a seven hour flight
- Tiangong, or 'heavenly palace,' should become fully operational by year's end
- China has poured billions into its military-run space programme in recent years
- It aims to launch a manned mission to the lunar surface by the end of the decade
- Beijing built its own orbital habitat after Chinese astronauts were banned from the International Space Station in 2011
| The ISS was built by five space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). The reason given in 2011 for barring China was that China’s space program was too new to add anything useful, but subsequent actions made it clear distrust was the real problem. |
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