China's space journey, to the moon's far side and beyond

China's space journey, to the moon's far side and beyond

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https://phys.org/news/2019-01-china-space-journey-moon-side.html

"The space dream is part of the dream to make China stronger," President Xi Jinping said shortly after taking office in 2013.

While China still lags behind the United States, which has a much larger space exploration budget, it has come out ahead in at least one arena after becoming the first country to make a landing on the far side of the moon Thursday. Here are some key milestones in China's space odyssey, and a look at the missions ahead: