06 May 2020
China's space station is scheduled to be completed around 2022, with 12 launch missions planned, Ji Qiming, assistant to the director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, said at a press conference on 5 May. The astronaut crew for the four flight missions necessary for the construction of the space station have been selected and are undergoing training, according to Ji. The selection of the third-batch reserve astronauts will be rolled out in the middle of this year. Meanwhile, China has completed the assembly of the space station's core module. The two experiment capsules and scientific payloads are under development.
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