China set to launch "more livable" space lab in Q3

China set to launch "more livable" space lab in Q3 Beijing (XNA) Apr 22, 2016 - China will put the country's second space lab Tiangong-2 into space in the third quarter of this year with more livable conditions for astronauts, a spokesman said here Thursday. According to Wang Zhongyang, spokesman with the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), the new space lab will consist of a hermetically sealed experiment cabin, designed to provide astronauts with clean air and ... more

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