Chinese Astronauts Head to Space Station

Chinese astronauts left for the space station early yesterday, but it was not the International Space Station. We don't extend "international" that far, of course. No, the astronauts are heading to the Chinese station - the Tiangong-2.

Launched aboard a rocket from northern China, the two astronauts will remain on the experimental space station for 30 days as they learn more about the needs for maintaining a more permanent station in the future.  

China continues to show prowess in the space arena, targeting the moon and other locations to more or less duplicate western achievements.  It appears that banning them from the club house has not slowed them down but instead made them more determined.