China unveiled its plan to build a manned space station in the next decade. This announcement comes from a space program whose development has been, well, skyrocketing; China launched its first astronaut into Earth orbit in 2003 and completed its first spacewalk in 2008. If things go as planned, the station would be the third ever multi-module space station, after Russia's Mir and the International Space Station.
For more, see China Announces It Will Build Its Own Space Station Within 10 Years by , April 27, 2011 at DISCOVER's Gene Suppression.
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