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September 16, 2016

China eyes year-long stays for space station astronauts
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2016
China could send astronauts to its space station for more than a year at a time once it goes operational in 2022, a senior project designer told state media. The country's second space lab, the Tiangong-2 - or Heavenly Palace-2 - blasted off Thursday night from the Gobi desert and is expected to operate for at least two years, the latest stage of the Asia's giant's ambitious space programme. Construction on a space station will start in as early as 2017 and take around three years, before it e ... read more

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