In 1992, China quietly launched Project 921, a bold space program few in the West took seriously. Over three decades later, ...

The historical parallels are instructive. The Cold War-era space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union resulted in unprecedented technological achievements.

The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his country would land an astronaut on the ...