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By Global Times Published: Apr 29, 2021 08:49 AM
Photo taken on April 23, 2021 shows the combination of the core module of China s space station, Tianhe, and the Long March-5B Y2 rocket after it was transported to the launching area of the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China s Hainan Province.Photo:Xinhua
China is set to launch the first section of its own space station – the Tianhe core module cabin via a Long March-5B launch vehicle from Wenchang space port in South China’s Hainan Province around 11 am on Thursday, China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced.
As the centerpiece of an ambitious 2021 in space, China is slated to carry out consecutive missions for the construction of a space station which is to become fully operational by around 2022, exactly three decades after China approved the manned space project in 1992.
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Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after reaching its planned lifespan in 2024 and is working on a new station to replace it, Russian media reported on Sunday. Chinese observers said that Russia s decision to build its own space station is consistent with its self-reliant principle of developing the aerospace industry but it will not overlook the option to cooperate on China s upcoming space station, as the craft might be the only operational station in orbit that will be open to foreign partners following the retirement of the ISS,
Russia announced on Sunday that it will end its participation in the ISS project after the current agreement expires in 2024, according to the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Yuri Borisov. He said that the ISS s condition leaves much to be desired as a number of technical malfunctions have been mounting. The station s first module was launched in 1998 and its lifespan was twice extended, f