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  1. Tiangong vs ISS: Why China’s Smaller Station Carries More Payload

    Published: 16 Sep 2026

    An analysis of China's Tiangong space station, which the video says is about a sixteenth the mass of the ISS yet carries 25 experiment cabinets against the ISS's 31 and 67 exposed payload slots…

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    Vehicle
    Long March
    Outcome
    In progress

  2. Tiangong: China’s Station Built Around Five Research Themes

    Published: 17 Apr 2025

    An explainer on China's Tiangong space station, in orbit since 2021, covering its predecessors Tiangong 1 and 2, its Tianhe core module and two science modules, and its five research themes.

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  3. Inside Tiangong: Crew Life on China’s Three-Module Space Station

    Published: 10 Dec 2022

    An explainer on daily life aboard China's Tiangong space station after the Mengtian module docked and Shenzhou 15 arrived for the first in-orbit crew handover, with six taikonauts aboard.

    Vehicle
    Long March

  4. Tiangong Space Station Tour: Modules, Power and Life Support

    Published: 29 Nov 2022

    CGTN's Wu Lei gives a tour of China's Tiangong space station, ahead of the Shenzhou-15 crew's flight.

  5. Tiangong vs the ISS: China’s Modular Station and Xuntian Telescope

    Published: 20 Aug 2021

    WSJ compares China's Tiangong space station with the International Space Station.