How Did We Underestimate China's Tiangong This Badly?

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:31:50 +0000

Discover what's really happening on the space station no one told you about. China's Tiangong-3 (Heavenly Palace) space station orbits Earth in parallel with the ISS, yet remains hidden from Western media attention. Join this exclusive journey to uncover the meticulously planned experiments conducted aboard this enigmatic outpost, and reveal China’s ambitious cosmic agenda that could reshape humanity's spacefaring future.

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References:
“China Academy of Spaceflight” website, via cast.cn https://astrumspace.info/CAST
“China Manned Space” website, via cmse.gov.cn https://astrumspace.info/CMSE
“The Wentian experiment module of the China space station has just gone into orbit”, via cell.com https://astrumspace.info/wentian
“On-orbit Space Technology Experiment and Verification Project Outlook of China’s Tiangong Space Station”, via science.org https://astrumspace.info/researchontiangong
“China pioneers ceramic 3D printing in microgravity”, via xinhuanet.com https://astrumspace.info/3Dprinting
“A Membrane Reactor with Microchannels for Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Extraterrestrial Space”, via mdpi.com https://astrumspace.info/EAPethylene
“Extraterrestrial artificial photosynthetic materials for in-situ resource utilization”, via academic.oup.com https://astrumspace.info/artificialphotosynthesis
“Science Research and Utilization Planning of China's Space Station in Operation Period 2022-2032”, via cjss.ac.cn https://astrumspace.info/futureresearch
“Trouble in the Stars: The Importance of US-China Bilateral Cooperation in Space”, via harvard.edu https://astrumspace.info/wolfamendment

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Writer: Jon McColgan
Video Editor: Frame Forge
Researcher: Edie Abrahams
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