China’s Tiangong Spacelab

We could be less than a year away from the launch of Tiangong-1, China’s first space laboratory. We’ve been expecting this launch for years, but relatively little is still known about this mission. Tiangong doesn’t have to meet any launch windows for reaching planets, so the Chinese can afford to take their time with the launch. As with any new spacecraft, there’s probably a lot of debugging to perform, then more testing. It would not be surprising if the laboratory didn’t take off before the end of 2010.

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_Mystery_Spacelab_999.html