China Eyes Joining Space Station Project

By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

Li Xueyong, China's Vice Minister of Science and Technology, speaks at a press conference in Beijing Tuesday Oct. 16, 2007. Li said China is keen to be part of an international space station project that already counts leading space powers like the United States and Russia as its members. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

(AP) -- China hopes to join an international space station project that already counts leading space powers like the United States and Russia as its members, a government official said Tuesday.

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