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China: Space launch tests permanent space station

October 17, 2016

China launched two astronauts into space as part of Beijing's plans to establish a permanent orbiting research complex by 2022. The Shenzhou-11 blasted off from Jiuquan space center, a military-operated facility on the edge of the Gobi Desert.

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