China and the U.S. are eyeing the same landing sites in the lunar south pole.
The space station's fourth module will be launched"at an appropriate time to advance support for scientific experiments and provide the crew with improved working and living conditions," Xiqiang told reporters on Monday.
With the addition of the fourth module, the T-shaped space station may look like a cross, officials had. In the long run, China plans to add two more sections to its space station, which would bring the total number of modules to six. In Monday's news conference, officials stated China's willingness to also work with international partners, although the extent to which such collaboration can manifest with the U.S. remains unknown.
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