China says its space station—seen in new photos—is poised for growth
China says its space station—seen in new photos—is poised for growth
Tiangong could now outlive the older, larger International Space Station.
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These images, taken about a month ago, show the Tiangong complex in its fully assembled configuration with three modules staffed by three crew members.
These are the first views showing the Tiangong station after China completed assembling its three main modules last year.
Their Shenzhou 16 ferry ship backed away from Tiangong, then autonomously flew a circle around the outpost as the astronauts floated near windows on their spacecraft with cameras "to complete a panoramic image of the space station assembly with the Earth as the background," the China Manned Space Agency said.
In remarks last month, officials outlined plans to add three more pressurized compartments to expand China's space station in the coming years.
CAST is part of the web of state-owned contractors that build rockets and spacecraft for China's space program.
“We will build a 180 (metric) tons, six-module assembly in the future," Zhang said at the International Astronautical Congress last month.
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