China’s Tiangong Space Station: A New Pillar for Science and Global Cooperation in Orbit

Introduction: A New Center of Gravity in Low Earth Orbit Orbiting approximately 400 kilometers above Earth, China’s Tiangong Space Station—the “Heavenly Palace”—represents far more than a technological milestone. It is a strategic inflection point in the evolution of human spaceflight. As only the second continuously crewed orbital station after the International Space Station, Tiangong signals…

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