Artist impression of the future Chinese Space Station in orbit around the Earth.
Artist impression of the future Chinese Space Station. Credit: CMSA

HELSINKI โ€” China is preparing to carry out 11 missions in two years to construct a space station and will soon select a new batch of astronauts for the project.

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Andrew Jones covers China's space industry for GBTIMES and SpaceNews. He is based in Helsinki, Finland.