New Space Race

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The New Space Race or Second Space Race describes the renewed competition in space exploration and technological development in the 21st century, primarily between the space programs of China and the United States, as well as other nations, and private spaceflight. This modern race is characterized by a broad range of objectives, including large satellite constellations, advancements in reusable launch vehicles and spacecraft, a return to crewed Moon landings, establishing a permanent moonbase, and crewed missions to Mars. The Space Race was part of the Cold War, a rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union, and saw the realization of satellites, crewed Moon landings, space stations, and interplanetary spaceflight. In the 21st century, the China Manned Space Program saw its first crewed flight, two prototype space stations, and a continuously-occupied modular space station, Tiangong; the China National Space Administration sent orbiters, landers, and rovers to the Moon and to Mars. In...

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