China will launch a core module 1 belonging to its first space station around 2018, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace 2 Science and Technology Corp. on Thursday.

中国航天科技集团公司一位高级工程师周四表示，中国将于2018年前后发射其首个太空站的核心模块。

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