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Tiangong will be joined by a huge,Hubble-like space telescope, which will share the space station's orbit and be able to dock with it for repairs, maintenance and possibly upgrades. Named Xuntian, which translates to "survey the heavens," the telescope will have a 6.6-foot (2 m) diamete...
BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's orbiting Tiangong space station, which functions as a national space laboratory, has been put into operation, pushing forward space applications and achieving fruitful results, according to the China Manned Space Agency. A total of 110 in-orbit science resea...
China's space station has also conducted research and in-orbit verification on the space effect mechanisms of domestically produced high-performance, complex, and new electronic components and sensors, Ba said.
The core module of China's Tiangong space station — named Tianhe, or "Harmony of the Heavens" — has now been orbiting Earth for more than 1,000 days.
It will be the management and command center of the whole space station, which will provide propulsion to maintain the orbit of the complex and control its internal working conditions. It will also be the main living place of the coming astronauts, where they can also conduct pl...
The optics cabin, which will share the space station’s orbit, will have the same camera definition as the Hubble Space Telescope and a field of view 200 times wider than the latter. The longevity of the space station will be more than 10 years, Zhou said. The station will be opened fo...
The space station will also carry out technical cooperation in space debris monitoring, prevention and mitigation, and medical protection for long-term in-orbit astronauts. Editor: 王晓夏
It will be Wang's second space mission. A major in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force and a transport plane pilot, she was recruited as an aspiring astronaut in 2010. In 2013, she spent 15 days inorbit...