Beijing — China launched into orbit last month the first piece of a permanent space station using its most powerful rocket, but international focus has fallen on the re-entry of debris which critics say has been shrouded in secrecy.
The Long March 5B rocket successfully delivered its payload into orbit on April 29, in the first of 11 missions needed to complete China’s first permanent space station by 2022...
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