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China's Space Station Plans In Powerpoint: A Closer Look at Tiangong 3

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The Tiangong 3 space station will be completed no latter than 2022, just as the International Space Station enters into retirement. The Tiangong 3's three 20 ton modules will be boosted into space by the LM-5 heavy space rocket. The China Manned Space Agency released several Powerpoint slides showing a closer look at the Tiangong 3, China's planned space station. Scheduled to be commissioned in 2022, the Tiangong 3 will be regularly visited by Shenzhou manned space vessels, and automated Tianzhou resupply vehicles. The Tianhe 1 will be the core module of the Tiangong 3 space station, with a robotic arm (yellow, on the bottom), docking ports (located in the copper color coded section) and the storage section (color coded white) has internal modular racks for storing supplies and scientific experiments.