Tag: Space Stations

China Launches Its Space Station’s Third and Final Module

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China launched the third and final module of its space station on Monday, a significant step as the country expands its extensive scientific research outside the Earth’s atmosphere. State television broadcast the launch live, showing a rocket roaring into a gray layer of clouds above Hainan Island in southernmost China, with the module aboard. Deng Hongqin, the director of the launch command center, announced after 14 minutes that the module was in orbit. Nearly 59 feet long and weighing 23 tons, the module, called Mengtian, was expected to dock with…

A Tour of China’s Tiangong Space Station

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Experiment module Shenzhou crew ship Tiangong space station Tianzhou cargo ship Tianhe core module Experiment module Experiment module Shenzhou crew ship Tiangong space station Tianzhou cargo ship Tianhe core module Experiment module Experiment module Tiangong space station Shenzhou crew ship Tianzhou cargo ship Tianhe core module Experiment module Experiment module Experiment module A new outpost for astronauts will soon be finished in orbit: China’s new Tiangong space station, or Heavenly Palace. Tiangong will be able to support three astronauts, or up to six people during crew rotations. The unfinished station…