China has launched its second space
station in a sign of the growing sophistication of its military backed
programme. The Tiangong 2 was carried into space on 15 September night atop a
Long March 7 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on the Edge of the
Gobi Desert in northern China. Plans call for the launch next month of the
Shenzhou 11 spaceship with two astronauts on board to dock with the station and
remain on board for a month. The station, whose name means “Heavenly Palace,”
is considered a stepping stone to a mission to Mars by the end of the decade.
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