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Chinese Astronauts Performed Emergency Space Station Repairs Following Debris Impact
China’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings attached to the core module, which had been damaged by space debris. The Tiangong space station’s core module, Tianhe, suffered a partial loss of power due to the impact, leading China to dispatch its astronauts on a pair of…
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China Set to Launch First Crew to Its New Space Station
China’s first crewed mission to its new space station is scheduled to blast off tomorrow morning from a launchpad at the Jiuquan Space Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert. The mission will be China’s longest crewed mission to date.