China wants to make its Tiangong space station bigger and better

Artist's illustration of Chinese space station Tiangong above Earth in the background. .

China has been operating its completed Tiangong orbital outpost for almost two years now — and is looking to expand its capabilities with new modules and spacecraft.

The three-module, T-shaped Tiangong space station was fully assembled in November 2022, with the arrival of the Mengtian science module. The station seems set to grow again, however.