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CHINA’S NEXT SPACE STATION

Manned spacecraft

Astronauts will be transported to and from the CSS by the Shenzhou spacecraft, which roughly translates to ‘divine vessel’. This vessel has been taking astronauts to space since 2003.

Experimental modules

Wentian and Mengtain will have an array of scientific and medical experiments conducted on board, with potentially nine experiments already decided upon.

Tianhe core module

The core

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