From BBC News:
China is planning to launch its own space station in 2020, according to reports, in the latest sign of the country’s ambitions in space.
Scientists are on track to send “a small-scale 20-ton space workshop” into the Earth’s orbit, rocket designer Long Lehao told state media.
If successful, it would be the first such station run by a single country.
The announcement follows the launch of its first Moon probe last month, and a successful manned space flight in 2003. [Full Text]
Read also CNSA denies timetable for space station by Xinhua, and China sends mixed signals on space station plans by Reuters.
