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TheTiangongspacestation,thefirstspacestation,isnotjustforChinabutforallhumanity.ThecompletionofTiangong,expectedbytheendofnextyear,willbeyetanothermilestoneforanambitiousspaceprogram.Theconstructionofthestationisbasedontheexperiencegainedfromitspioneers,Tiangong-landTiangong-2.Thefirstmodule(舱),theTianhecoremodule,waslaunchedon29April2021,followedbymultiplecrewedanduncrewedmissionsandtwomoremodulestobelaunchedby2022.

AccordingtoChinaMannedSpaceAgency(CMSA),whichoperatesthespacestation,thepurposeandmissionsofTiangongspacestationarelistedas:breakthroughinkeytechnologiessuchaspermanenthumanoperationsinorbit,long-termautonomousspaceflightofthespacestation,lifesupporttechnology;developmentoftechnologythatcanaidfuturedeepspaceexploration.

TheTianheCoreCabinModule(CCM)provideslifesupportandlivingquartersforthreecrewmembersandprovidesguidance,navigation(导航)forthestation.Themodulealsoprovidesthestation’spowerandlifesupportsystem.Thestationisequippedwithasmallkitchenforfoodpreparationandthefirst-evermicrowaveoveninthespaceflight,sothatastronautscanalwayshavehotfoodwhenevertheyneed.120differenttypesoffood,selectedbasedonastronauts’preference,arestoredaboard.

China’sintentiontobuilditsownspacestationwasamplified(增强的)afterNASArefusedChinesparticipationinInternationalSpaceStationin2011.On22February2017,CMSAandItalianSpaceAgency(ASD)signedanagreementtocooperateonlong-termhumanspaceflightactivities.TheagreementholdsimportanceduetoItaly’sleadingpositioninthefieldofhumanspaceflightwithregardtothecreationanddevelopmentoftheInternationalSpaceStationanditshowsItaly’sincreasedexpectationinChina’sdevelopingspacestationprogram.Tiangongisalsoexpectedtohostexperimentsfrom