Melbourne, Australia (The Coversation) Jul 07, 2021
Three astronauts on China's new space station have just performed the country's first space walk and are busy configuring the module for future crews. Named Tiangong ("heavenly palace"), the station is the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA)'s signature project to develop China's ambitions for having humans in orbit around Earth for a long amount of time. In planning since the late 1990s,
Tiangong: astronauts are working on China's new space station - here's what to expect
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