Since coming to power, Chinese President Xi Jinping has promoted the Asian giant’s “space dream.”
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Over the past decade, the country has devoted huge resources to narrow the gap with the two traditional powers in the sector, the United States and Russia .
It has made notable achievements along the way, such as building the Tiangong Space Station , landing space robots on Mars and the Moon and sending manned missions into orbit .
The US assures that China’s aerospace program hides military objectives and is aimed at establishing the Asian country’s dominance in space.
The latest Chang’e-6 mission is part of a renewed interest in the moon, where China wants to send astronauts in 2030 and plans to build a space base . The United States also wants to return humans to the moon in 2026 with the Artemis-3 mission.
