The core module of China's first space station launched onboard a Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province successfully entered its planned orbit on Thursday. RELATED STORIES 'Bountiful results achieved' in medical research...
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 pla...
This not only allows for the transport of more scientific research equipment and supplies into space but also ensures more efficient and stable in-orbit support for the long-term operation of China's space station, she said. China is also exploring ways to reduce the cargo transportation costs ...
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...
The space lab's ultra-cold atomic physics experiment platform will prepare the quantum gas close to absolute zero, which cannot occur on the ground.↳ Also, the in-orbit research on stem cells, organ chips, protein crystallization, and synthetic biology manufacturing could bring new possibilities...
The Shenzhou-16 is the first crewed mission for the application and development stage of China's space station, during which the Shenzhou-16 and Shenzhou-15 crews will start a new round of in-orbit crew handover.It is reported that the Shenzhou-16 crew will perform extravehicular activities, ...
China’s space program launched its first astronaut into orbit in 2003, making it only the third country to do so on its own after the former Soviet Union and the U.S. It has landed robot rovers on the moon and placed one on Mars last year. China has also returned lunar samples and...
Astronauts will stay in orbit for a long term, carry out space scientific and technological experiments, and maintain the space station, Hao said. In order to further improve the comprehensive capabilities and technological level of the country's manned space program, a new generation of carrier ...
WENCHANG, Hainan, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The combination of China's space station lab module Mengtian and its carrier rocket Long March-5B Y4 has been transported to the launch area, the China Manned Space Agency said Tuesday. The lab module will be sent into orbit at an appropriate time ...
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 for...