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China is building the space station "Tiangong", preparing to become the first country in the world, alone, with a similar object. This moment is already close, as China has begun the final stages of creating its own space station.
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Chinese media said yesterday the launch of Wenchang on Hainan island was made the launch of the Long March 5B. She is on Board the latest laboratory module of station "Mentang", whose name translates as "dream of the sky".
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Arriving at a place distant from the earth's surface a distance of 400 kilometers, it will be docked with the other two modules – the main Tiangong and experimental Wentian. After that, you can say that the building owned by the China space station is completed. The creation of this object that will acquire T-shape, lasts from April of last year. It is assumed that the station "Tiangong" ("heavenly Palace") would be ready to go before the end of the year.
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It was decided to build after receipt of Beijing's rejection of Washington, when the Chinese authorities have expressed a desire to participate in the Russian-American project of the International space station (ISS).
In addition to establishing its own station, Beijing's plans for space exploration involve the flight of a manned spacecraft to the moon. The Chinese hope to make it in this decade.