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On 17 June, China’s crewed Shenzhou-12 capsule was successfully launched on its Long March 2F rocket. Astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo have made it to the core Tianhe module of the Tiangong space station, where they will spend the next three months in orbit. This marks the operational phase for China’s space station. The US-led International Space Station (ISS), which is the only other space station in orbit so far, has a new partner — or rival. A game changer in international spaceflight cooperation? Comments in China have veered towards portraying the Chinese space station as a...
