China confirms plans to build own orbital station

Chinese space officials have confirmed plans to build a 60-ton space station by 2020 and develop a space freighter for hauling supplies to the station, the China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday.

The China Manned Space Engineering Office unveiled on Monday a blueprint of the future orbital station, which will comprise an 18.1-meter core module and two 14.4-meter lab modules.

"The 60-ton space station is rather small compared to the International Space Station (419 tons), and Russia's Mir Sp [...]

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