^David, Leonard. China Details Ambitious Space Station Goals. Space.com. 2011-03-11 [2011-03-09]. China is ready to carry out a multiphase construction program that leads to the large space station around 2020. As a prelude to building that facility, China is set to loft the Tiangong-1 module this year as a platform to help master key rendezvous and docking technologies.
^David, Leonard. China Details Ambitious Space Station Goals. Space.com. 2011-03-11 [2011-03-09]. China is ready to carry out a multiphase construction program that leads to the large space station around 2020. As a prelude to building that facility, China is set to loft the Tiangong-1 module this year as a platform to help master key rendezvous and docking technologies.
^David, Leonard. China Details Ambitious Space Station Goals. Space.com. 2011-03-11 [2011-03-09]. China is ready to carry out a multiphase construction program that leads to the large space station around 2020. As a prelude to building that facility, China is set to loft the Tiangong-1 module this year as a platform to help master key rendezvous and docking technologies.
^Branigan, Tania; Sample, Ian. China unveils rival to International Space Station. The Guardian (London). 2011-04-26 [2011-04-27]. China often chooses poetic names for its space projects, such as Chang'e – after the moon goddess – for its lunar probes; its rocket series, however, is named Long March, in tribute to communist history. The space station project is currently referred to as Tiangong, or "heavenly palace".