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China's Tiangong 1 spacecraft and Long March 2F rocket is pictured at the launch site after being transferred from a facility at the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center.

China became the third country ever to launch a human into space in 2003 and has been expanding its space program ever since. Get the latest news about China's space program, launches and space missions.

A new game of "solar system monopoly" is underway, Robert Bigelow said today.
A Chinese Long March rocket launched the W3C satellite for France in what was China's first launch for a western customer in 12 years.
China's Tiangong 1 space lab is a step toward constructing a new space station in orbit.
It's unclear why the nation chose the patriotic American tune.
China launched 300 flags for an international group aboard its Tiangong 1 space lab on Sept. 29.
The Tiangong 1 was launched on a Chinese Long March 2F rocket on September 29, 2011. The prototype space laboratory will perform rendezvous and docking tests with multiple Shenzhou spacecraft this year and next.
See photos of China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory launch on Sept. 29, 2011.
China's Tiangong 1 space lab module rocketed into space today.
Learn more about China's first space laboratory, the Tiangong 1.
China is fueling the rocket that will carry Tiangong 1 into orbit on Sept. 29.
Sneak a peek at China's plans for its first orbital space station and the milestones to build it.
China will launch its first space lab module on a major docking test mission.
China is a rising space power, and the United States must decide whether to collaborate or compete.
The first test module for China's space station will lift off Sept. 29 or 30, officials said.
The liftoff date is nearing for the first test of China's space station module.
China is set to launch its first space station test module — but when?
China plans to go ahead with the launch of a space station later this year despite a satellite launch mishap in August 2011.
The failed launch likely destroyed China's experimental SJ-11-04 satellite.