China, the space lady Liu returns to orbit to complete the “Heavenly Palace” with which Beijing pursues supremacy among the stars

BEIJING – “My two children asked me to take pictures of the universe to be able to show them to classmates. I will write for them my blessings among the stars ”. Ten years ago Liu Yang | he was the first astronaut (actually, a taikonauta, as they are called here) to go into space. Now the 43-year-old colonel of the People’s Liberation Army has returned to orbit with a special mission: to go and complete the work of the Tiangong, the “Heavenly Palace”the space station that the Chinese are building piece by piece.