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- China unveiled a replica of its first permanently crewed space station.
- It would replace the international community's orbiting laboratoryand symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.
- The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai.
- The International Space Station (ISS) - a collaboration between the United States, Russia, Canada, Europe and Japan has been in operation since 1998 but is due to be retired in 2024.
- China will then have the only space station in orbit, though it will be much smaller than the ISS which weighs 400 tonnes and is as large as a football pitch.
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