China’s unveiling an up-close look at the design of its future space station

Seven years ago, China was shut out of using the International Space Station by the US over national security concerns, driving China to aspire to a space station of its own. Now the country is getting ready to show the world what it has built for the first time. China’s Manned Space Agency announced it will put a life-size model of the future space station’s core module on display at China’s biggest aviation and aerospace trade show, which kicks off in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai next week. It will be the first time (link in Chinese) people in China will get an up-close sense of the station’s design for themselves, according to the agency, which oversees the country’s manned spaceflights. More

(Source: Quartz - Oct 27)