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Beijing, Nov 12 (EFE).- China’s Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft was successfully launched and docked with the Tiangong space station on Saturday, reported state news outlet Global Times. The launch on a Long March-7 Y6 rocket took place at 10.03 am local time (02:03 GMT) from the Wenchang space base in the southern province of Hainan, and …
The Mengtian is expected to carry out a transposition maneuver on Thursday, after which the China Space Station will complete the formation of the T-shape structure.
China's manned space program has witnessed another milestone, as the Shenzhou-14 taikonauts entered the Mengtian lab module – the third and last part of the three-module China Space Station – on Thursday afternoon, after the new module carried out a transposition to the side docking port, completing in-orbit assembly of the station’s T-shape basic structure. As seen on live coverage aired by state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) on Thursday, Shenzhou-14 mission commander Chen Dong first entered the Mengtian lab module, followed by his fellow crewmembers Liu Yang and Cai Xuzh...
China successfully launched Mengtian lab module - the third and final part of its three-module home-developed space station - into preset orbit, on Monday afternoon from South China's tropical island province of Hainan, kicking start the final battle of completing the country's T-shape and first-ever permanent space station.
Counting from the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress till September 30, China Academy of Spacecraft Technology (CAST) has developed and successfully launched 262 spacecraft including the Chang'e lunar probes and modules of China Space Station, taking up 65.8 percent of its total output since the establishment of the academy 54 years ago, the Chinese aerospace payload main contractor revealed on Saturday.