
The first TG-1 module for it is being prepped for a September launch. After it achieves earth orbit an unmanned Shenzhou-8 mission will be launched to commence several weeks of testing of the rendezvous and docking capabilities of the TG-1 module.

In November China will also take its first steps toward its goal of a manned mission to Mars by launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in conjunction with the Russian space program the YG-1 Yingho Mars probe.
The YG-1 was scheduled to be launched in October 2009 but preparation delays with the Russian probe pushed back the launch timetable. After it takes the year in transit to get to the vicinity of the Red Planet the two probes will separate and orbit the planet independently.
China is also interested in participating in the International Space Station. The docking rings on the Tiangong 1 are supposed to be compatible with the ISS ones, but I haven't been able to confirm that for certain yet.
The 60 ton Tiangong 1 is scheduled for completion by 2020, but they'll need to have the first critical step of that process, the launch and successful insertion into orbit of the TG-1 module be executed successfully in a few weeks .
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