How China reinvents the space station! Tiangong is the most advanced space station ever deployed by the human race

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How China Reinvents The Space Station! Tiangong is the most advanced space station ever deployed by the human race​

 

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Shenzhou-17 astronauts complete in-orbit handover​

 

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Just because something was done before doesn't mean that can not be improved or updated. Chinese space station is being equipped by the up to date modern high tech which were not available even couples of years ago.

 

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China's astronauts grow vegetables in orbit, with an eye on deep space exploration​

By Andrew Jones
published October 30 2023

Lettuce, cherry tomatoes and more are sprouting in space.

Some of the plants grown by China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts aboard the nation's Tiangong space station. (Image credit: CCTV+)

China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts have been growing vegetables aboard the Tiangong space station, as part of plans for future deep space exploration.

Mission commander Jing Haipeng and rookie astros Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao have been aboard Tiangong since late May and are due to return to Earth on Oct. 31, after handing over control of the station to the newly arrived Shenzhou 17 mission crew.

Jing and company have spent time cultivating veggies using two sets of specialized equipment. The first started operation in June and has reaped four batches of lettuce. The second one was put into operation in August for growing cherry tomatoes and green onions.

The China Astronaut Research and Training Center has also set up replicas on Earth, allowing researchers to compare results and more accurately analyze divergences in how plants grow in space and on the ground. This, researchers say, is part of a long-term plan to aid deep space exploration.

"This vegetable cultivation apparatus is a key part of the whole Environmental Control and Life Support System [ECLSS], and it is used in space to verify the relevant technologies. In the future, we will focus on rapid and large-scale cultivation," Yang Renze, a researcher from China Astronaut Research and Training Center, told CCTV.

"The system can be applied to the field of deep space exploration, including our crewed lunar and Mars landing missions," Yang said.

"As a key part of the ECLSS, the plants grown from the cultivation apparatus can absorb carbon dioxide in the air to generate oxygen with the photosynthesis, and then regenerate and purify water with transpiration."

China is working to put a pair of astronauts on the moon before 2030. It is also planning to build a moon base, called the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), in the next decade. A crewed Mars landing is much further off, but the Red Planet has been noted as a future destination for Chinese spaceflight.

China's astronauts grow vegetables in orbit, with an eye on deep space exploration

Lettuce, cherry tomatoes and more are sprouting in space.

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Shenzhou 17's automatic docking with Shenzhou 16

 

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ISS is garbage compares with Tiangong

The interior of China's Tiangong space station (up) VS the International Space Station cluttered interior.​

 

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ISS is garbage compares with Tiangong

The interior of China's Tiangong space station (up) VS the International Space Station cluttered interior.​

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That's only after decades of bringing stuff up.
This is what it looked like originally

Remember the ISS currently is at its 70th crew rotation with 397 visitors while the Tiangong is only at #6 with around 27 people.