China’s latest push to take their place among the top developed space-faring nations is a success. After 13 days, the astronauts from the Shenzhou 9 made their way back to Earth via parachute. Though they’ve only been reaching for the stars for less than 10 years, China is making leaps and bounds and showing the rest of the world that they are serious about catching up to the competition and perhaps even surpassing them.
