Tiangong Program made it possible for scientists to build a large space station so that more astronauts can live and do research in space.

天宫计划使科学家有可能建立一个大型空间站，使更多的宇航员可以在太空中生活和做研究。

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On the other side of the world, China, the third country to put a human into orbit on its own rockets, will be launching Tiangong 1, the first module of its own space station, as soon as September.

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The Tiangong-3 will then form the backbone of the future Chinese space station, to be built by 2020.

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Tiangong-1 will demonstrate the critical technologies needed by China to build a fully fledged space station - something it has promised to do at the end of the decade.

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