Artist impression of the future Chinese Space Station in orbit around the Earth.
Artist impression of the future Chinese Space Station.

China is preparing to carry out 11 missions in two years to construct a space station and will soon select a new batch of astronauts for the project.

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Andrew Jones covers China's space industry for SpaceNews. Andrew has previously lived in China and reported from major space conferences there. Based in Helsinki, Finland, he has written for National Geographic, New Scientist, Smithsonian Magazine, Sky...