China’s plans for their own manned space station will kick off next year. Two unmanned modules, the and the Shenzhou-8, will in . These probes will be set up to with one another as an essential step toward building a station. Once successfully docked the Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace, platform will be joined by the Shenzhou-9 and 10 spaceships in 2012. The shilps will be manned with 2-3 astronauts each, who will work of bringing the laboratory online.
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