China’s ‘Heavenly Palace’ Space Station Unveiled At Airshow China 2018

Alexandra Lozovschi China is pushing ahead with its plans to establish itself as one of the influential space powers in the world. The nation is currently developing its very own space station, and expects to have it completely assembled around 2022. Dubbed Tiangong, which translates as “Heavenly Palace,” this is China’s first project to have a permanently crewed space station in orbit. The project follows the launch of two space labs — Tiangong-1 (pictured above) and Tiangong-2, which took to space in 2011 and 2016, respectively. More

(Source: Inquisitr - Nov 7)