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Summary China has planned to launch its two space shuttles, Tiangong-1 and Shenzhou-8, in the second half of 2011.
As preparative work for Chinas first space docking is going well on schedule, China will launch unmanned space module Tiangong-1 and unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 in the second half of this year for the docking, the spokesman of Chinas manned space engineering project said in Beijing on Wednesday.China will have its own space station before 2020 and country would further step up international cooperation for manned space programs and open its future space station to foreign astronauts and scientists. It is also noted that the country would carry out more than 20 space missions this year as part of the efforts to improve its space technologies.
