China’s space station is almost complete — how will scientists use it?

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Tiangong will host more than 1,000 experiments over a decade, including attempts to reproduce results from the International Space Station.

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  1. Smriti Mallapaty

Update: Mengtian launched successfully at 3.37 p.m. local time on 31 October.

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