Tiangong was only completed last year, but China already aims to expand its orbital station.
China finished construction of its Tiangong Space Station late last year. Still, the country's space administration is already planning to expand its orbital laboratory, a report from Chinese state media reveals.
China is the only country currently operating its own space station — the International Space Station is part of a global collaborative effort — has launched the thirdof Tiangong to low Earth orbit in October last year. Tiangong is roughly a quarter of the size of the ISS. It remains to be seen whether China will launch the upcoming module with the same Long March 5B rocket that caused the uncontrolled reentries or whether it will aim to prevent further controversy. Last year, for example, Spain had toChina competes with global space superpowers
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