China - A Fully Fledged Member of the Space Club
China has developed a broad program for Earth observations, navigation, communications, weather forecasting, and materials processing. China achieved space superpower status in 2003 when Yang Liwei flew into orbit.
China overtook Europe in launchings per year and, in 2011, surpassed the United States. China is now a great space superpower alongside the United States and Russia, sending men and women into orbit, building a space laboratory (Tiangong) and sending probes to the Moon and asteroids.
Roadmap 2050 promises that China will set up bases on the Moon and Mars and lead the world in science and technology by mid-century.
China overtook Europe in launchings per year and, in 2011, surpassed the United States. China is now a great space superpower alongside the United States and Russia, sending men and women into orbit, building a space laboratory (Tiangong) and sending probes to the Moon and asteroids.
Roadmap 2050 promises that China will set up bases on the Moon and Mars and lead the world in science and technology by mid-century.
