Beijing: China has said that the space station is declared the main strategic asset in space, will be ready for this year’s operation, giving the eyes of the world.
After ready, China will be the only country to have its own space station because the Russian International Space Station (ISS) is a collaborative project from several countries.
In the announcement on Wednesday, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said that the country would complete the construction of the space station in 2022.
The Chinese Space Station is also expected to be an ISS competitor.
Observers say that CSS can be the only space station to remain in orbit as soon as the ISS retires in the coming years.
At present three astronauts, including a woman, are busy building stations in orbit.
Previously, the US expressed concern for the large CSS robot arms that could take objects from space.
The arm was in action on Thursday because he won and moved a 20 tonzhou-2 cargo ship in the exam, the Chinese Wine Engineering Office (CMSEO).
It is the first maneuver like a robot arm of 10 meters.
In the morning, it reaches and grabs Tianzhou-2 and is disconnected from the CSS core module and transferred to another position.
The operation tests the feasibility and effectiveness of using mechanical arms to maneuver part of the space station when in orbit and verify the ability of the arms handling heavy loads, the CGTN-TV report managed by the government.
Success has opened the way for follow-up assembly in-orbit working for the construction of the space station later this year, he said.
So far, the unfinished space station consists of core Tianhe modules, Tianzhou-2 cargo ships and Tianzhou-3 and Shenzhou-13 spacecraft.
CSS was in recent news because China complained to the United Nations that Satellite Starlink Spacex, owned by the US Billionaire Elon Musk, has two “close meetings” with it in orbit, endangering the safety of its astronauts.
Also, according to Castc, China will see 40-plus spaces launched in 2022, including several companies, which will be equivalent to the US.
In addition, China plans to launch two cargo crafts, two Shenzhou spacecraft and two laboratory modules for the space station in a year, said the Xinhua report.
Other missions relating to space stations include Rendezvous and docking in orbitals, extravehicular activities and return of spacecraft.
The long March-6A rocket carrier will also make its first flight in 2022, he added.
China said the space station will be ready this year
