The Tiangong station is due to be completed later this year, though its 55-foot long central core is operational now.
China is about to send three astronauts into space to live aboard the country's Tiangong space station, which is still under construction.
The roughly 200-foot tall rocket, a Long March 2F model designed to carry China's Shenzhou manned capsules, will take the astronauts up to the operational 55-foot long, 14-foot diameter central core of the Tiangong station, which wasThe three astronauts will remain on the station for six months and will oversee the installation of two more modules—lab sections known as the Wentian and Mengtian labs—later in the year.
Next month's launch will be just one of six that are scheduled to take place this year to complete the construction of Tiangong.
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