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China will build its own orbiting space station

Beijing, China - Starting from 2020

According to "China Daily" yesterday, on the occasion of a press conference, China Manned Space Engineering Office, confirmed the Country is going to build an its own space station starting from 2020. It would have been unveiled by Pang Zhihao, space researcher and deputy editor-in-chief of Space International magazine, according to whom it would weigh 60 tons, that is really less than ISS, International...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1128753
Rome, Italy, 04/26/2011 15:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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