China's Space Station, Seen from Orbit

China's Space Station, Seen from Orbit

When the Space Age dawned in 1957, there were only two players: the USA and the USSR. The USA won the space race by being first to the Moon, though the USSR enjoyed its own successes. But here we are only a few decades later, and the USSR appears to be fading away while China is surging ahead. Nothing’s more emblematic of China’s surge than its Tiangong space station. China is sometimes secretive about its space activities. But not when it come…