China's Tiangong space station is expanding with new crew arrivals and ambitious plans to double its size as the International Space Station approaches retirement. The country is simultaneously advancing lunar landing goals for 2030 while maintaining active operations aboard the orbital outpost.
·Shenzhou-23 crew docked at Tiangong as part of China's ongoing station operations and lunar program roadmap
·China announced plans to expand Tiangong to roughly double its current size during the ISS's expected end-of-life
·An amateur astronomer captured rare footage of Tiangong transiting across the moon in a split-second moment
·Tiangong AI, a separate commercial AI company, reported annualized revenue exceeding $800 million in Q2
drawn from Space, Mshale, SpaceNews, MSN · updated 3h ago