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Tiangong

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Tiangong is China's first permanently crewed space station, operating in low Earth orbit since 2021 and run by the China Manned Space Agency. It serves as an orbiting laboratory hosting experiments in bioastronautics, microgravity, materials science, and space technology, with crews of three traveling aboard Shenzhou spacecraft for roughly six-month missions. It is one of two operational space stations, alongside the International Space Station.

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2021-04-29 1
Date the Tianhe core module launched.
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It is one of two operational space stations, alongside the International Space Station (ISS).
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Operated by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA)
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