Chickeeduck founder Herbert Chow poses next to the two-meter-tall "Lady Liberty", a symbolic statue placed by pro-democracy protesters at a Chickeeduck branch in Hong Kong, China June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Two-meter-tall "Lady Liberty", a symbolic statue placed by pro-democracy protesters, stands in a Chickeeduck branch in Hong Kong, China June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A child poses next to the two-meter-tall "Lady Liberty", a symbolic statue placed by pro-democracy protesters at a Chickeeduck branch in Hong Kong, China June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A view of a six-meter tall statue by sculptor Aigars Bikse, devoted to medics for their work during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Riga, Latvia June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

People gather next to a six-meter tall statue by sculptor Aigars Bikse, devoted to medics for their work during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Riga, Latvia June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

People gather next to a six-meter tall statue by sculptor Aigars Bikse, devoted to medics for their work during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Riga, Latvia June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

People pose for a picture next to a six-meter tall statue by sculptor Aigars Bikse, devoted to medics for their work during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Riga, Latvia June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

A view of a six-meter tall statue by sculptor Aigars Bikse, devoted to medics for their work during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Riga, Latvia June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

Sculptor Aigars Bikse speaks to the media next to his six-meter tall statue, devoted to medics for their work during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Riga, Latvia June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

An employee of U.S. auto part maker Lear Corp. drinks water at the cafeteria, furnished with tall dividers as part of the new security measures at the plant before resuming operations during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 27, 2020. Picture taken May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

An employee of U.S. auto part maker Lear Corp., wearing a protective face mask, walks past work cubicles furnished with tall dividers as part of the new security measures at the plant, before resuming operations during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 27, 2020. Picture taken May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

A man walks through tall grass on an overgrown trail on the first day of the reopening of trails, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

A man walks against a backdrop of apartment blocks (C, tall) that have been placed under quarantine after three people from the same family tested positive in a rapid test for the coronavirus disease (COVID19), in Bhaktapur, Nepal April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Niger's Aminatou Seyni, 23, track and field sprinter with differences of sexual development (DSD) and Ndeye Amy Tall, 23, attend their training session at the African Athletics Development centre in Dakar, Senegal February 3, 2020. Picture taken February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

62nd Grammy Awards - Show - Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 - Delbert McClinton and Self-Made Men and Dana accept the award for Traditional Blues Album for "Tall, Dark & Handsome." REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

62nd Grammy Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 – Delbert McClinton and The Self-Made Men + Dana pose backstage with their Best Traditional Blues Album award for "Tall, Dark and Handsome". REUTERS/Monica Almeida

62nd Grammy Awards – Photo Room – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 – Michael Cleveland poses backstage with his Best Bluegrass Alum award for "Tall Grass". REUTERS/Monica Almeida

A man dyes a fabric on a pavement next to a newly installed "smog tower", a 20-feet-tall air-purifier, at a market area in New Delhi, India, January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

A man walks past a newly installed "smog tower", a 20-feet-tall air-purifier, at a market area in New Delhi, India, January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

German comedian Chris Tall poses with his award at the Bambi 2019 Awards ceremony in Baden-Baden, Germany, November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

German comedian Chris Tall poses with his award at the Bambi 2019 Awards ceremony in Baden-Baden, Germany, November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann REFILE - CORRECTING EVENT PHASE

German comedian Chris Tall poses with his award at the Bambi 2019 Awards ceremony in Baden-Baden, Germany, November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann REFILE - CORRECTING EVENT PHASE

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Final - Brazil v Mexico - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - November 17, 2019 Brazil's Luan Patrick celebrates with Talles Magno jersey after winning the FIFA Under 17 World Cup REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Semi Final - France v Brazil - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - November 14, 2019 Brazil's Talles Costa celebrates after the match with fans REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Brazil v Canada - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - October 26, 2019 Brazil's Talles Magno in action with Canada's Gianfranco Facchineri REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Brazil v Canada - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - October 26, 2019 Brazil's Talles Magno reacts REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Brazil v Canada - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - October 26, 2019 Brazil's Talles Magno in action with Canada's Damiano Pecile and Sean Rea REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Brazil v Canada - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - October 26, 2019 Brazil's Talles Magno, Luan Patrick and Canada's Deandre Kerr in action REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Brazil v Canada - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - October 26, 2019 Brazil's Talles Magno in action with Canada's Damiano Pecile REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Brazil v Canada - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - October 26, 2019 Brazil coach Guilherme Dalla Lea with Talles Magno REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Brazil v Canada - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - October 26, 2019 Brazil coach Guilherme Dalla Lea with Talles Magno REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup - Brazil v Canada - Bezerrao Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil - October 26, 2019 Brazil's Talles Costa in action with Canada's Ralph Priso REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde, now confirmed as the next president of the European Central Bank (ECB) poses with IMF China staff member Lin Jianhai, who gestures to make himself as tall as Lagrade, as they meet for the International Monetary Finance Committee (IMFC) Plenary, during the IMF and World Bank's 2019 Annual Meetings of finance ministers and bank governors, in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Theiler TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Anti-government protesters setup a 4 meter tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anti-government protesters setup a 4 meter tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anti-government protesters setup a 4 meter tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anti-government protesters setup a 4 meter tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anti-government protesters setup a 4 meter tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anti-government protesters move part of the 4 meter tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" to place on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anti-government protesters set up a 4 meter tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

An anti-government protester reacts as he moves part of the 4 meter tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" with his friend on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Anti-government protesters move part of the 4 meter tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" to place on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anti-government protesters move part of the 4 metre tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" to place on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anti-government protesters move part of the 4 metre tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" to place on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anti-government protesters move part of the 4 metre tall "Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong" to place on the iconic Lion Rock, in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A 4m tall ‘Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong’ is seen during a demonstration after a government’s ban on face masks under emergency law, at Mong Kok, in Hong Kong, China, October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A 4m tall ‘Statue of Lady Liberty Hong Kong’ is seen during a demonstration after a government’s ban on face masks under emergency law, at Mong Kok, in Hong Kong, China, October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A North Korean flag flutters on top of the 160-metre tall tower at North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong, in this picture taken from Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), inside the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

A four-metre-tall statue called 'Lady Liberty Hong Kong' is seen during student protests at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A four-metre-tall statue called 'Lady Liberty Hong Kong' is seen during student protests at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Vasco da Gama v Sao Paulo - Sao Januario Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - August 25, 2019 Vasco da Gama's Talles Magno celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Vasco da Gama v Sao Paulo - Sao Januario Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - August 25, 2019 Vasco da Gama's Talles Magno celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Vasco da Gama v Sao Paulo - Sao Januario Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - August 25, 2019 Vasco da Gama's Talles Magno celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Vasco da Gama v Sao Paulo - Sao Januario Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - August 25, 2019 Vasco da Gama's Talles Magno scores their first goal REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Vasco da Gama v Sao Paulo - Sao Januario Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - August 25, 2019 Vasco da Gama's Talles Magno reacts during the match REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Vasco da Gama v Sao Paulo - Sao Januario Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - August 25, 2019 Sao Paulo's Everton in action with Vasco da Gama's Talles Magno REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

The El Galeon Andalucia, a tall sailing ship from Spain sails down the Seine River during the Big Parade from Rouen to the sea as part of the 7th edition of Armada at La Bouille, France June 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is scheduled on Friday to launch its first resupply mission to the International Space Station this year after a series of delays. Last month, SpaceX’s 23-story-tall Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful rocket, launched its first commercial mission in a race to grab lucrative military contracts. Here’s a look at all of SpaceX’s missions to date. embed code and instructions: https://reut.rs/2DOl1Iz

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is scheduled on Friday to launch its first resupply mission to the International Space Station this year after a series of delays. Last month, SpaceX’s 23-story-tall Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful rocket, launched its first commercial mission in a race to grab lucrative military contracts. Here’s a look at all of SpaceX’s missions to date. embed code and instructions: https://reut.rs/2DOl1Iz

During initial tests of their 8.1-metre tall reusable rocket, Chinese engineers from LinkSpace, a start-up led by China's youngest space entrepreneur, used a Kevlar tether to ensure its safe return. Just in case. But when the Beijing-based company's prototype, called NewLine Baby, successfully took off and landed last week for the second time in two months, no tether was needed. The 1.5-tonne rocket hovered 40 metres above the ground before descending back to its concrete launch pad after 30 seconds, to the relief of 26-year-old chief executive Hu Zhenyu and his engineers - one of whom cartwheeled his way to the launch pad in delight. LinkSpace, one of China's 15-plus private rocket manufacturers, sees these short hops as the first steps towards a new business model: sending tiny, inexpensive satellites into orbit at affordable prices. Demand for these so-called nanosatellites - which weigh less than 10 kilogrammes and are in some cases as small as a shoebox - is expected to explode in the next few years. And China's rocket entrepreneurs reckon there is no better place to develop inexpensive launch vehicles than their home country. REUTERS/ SEARCH "SHOEBOX CHINA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: SPACE-EXPLORATION/CHINA-STARTUPS