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Chinese astronauts, aka taikonauts, will soon be taking their first baby steps toward a future trek to Mars in the 2030s, from a new training facility in northwestern China’s Qinghai province whose terrain and landscape bear striking resemblances to the red planet. China has just inaugurated its first Mars simulation base in Mangya, a county-level city […]
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