Simplified Long March 5 To Loft China’s Space Station

BEIJING—A second, simplified version of the Long March 5 space launcher will be used to build the space station that China plans to complete by 2022. The new version, Long March 5B, will make its first flight in 2018, according to a conference presentation by China’s leading space-launcher builder...

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