China’s First Space Station Will be a Docking Target

Credit: CHINESE SPACE PROGRAM CONCEPT
China’s first orbital station will be the national space program’s testbed for automatic docking, one of four technological hurdles that must be cleared before launching a big space station a decade from now. The small, short-life space station, already identified as Tiangong 1, will be launched as...

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