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Lump-of-baryons t1_iy5pzhu wrote

Wow I didn’t even know China had a space station, apparently the first piece went up in 2021

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Oshino_Meme t1_iy6967h wrote

It’s their second space station, though the first was much less impressive and I think only saw one mission visit it

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rocketsocks t1_iy6d4os wrote

It's their third space station actually.

The first station had three Shenzhou dockings, one uncrewed, two crewed (the first for 3 days, the second for 12). The second station also had dockings with the automated Tianzhou cargo module and was occupied for 26 days. Both of those stations were very small, with not much more pressurized volume than the Shenzhou capsules themselves.

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