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Tiangong-1: China’s First Spacelab

November 4, 2011

Tiangong-1 is the first space lab of China, scheduled to be launched in September 2011. It is prelude to a multiphase construction programme (Tiangong programme, or Project 921-2 ) aimed at building a large space station around 2020. The Tiangong-1 (Heavenly Palace-1) unmanned space lab prototype is scheduled to blast off shortly as a test-bed ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Topics: Chinese space station • Docking and berthing of spacecraft • Outer space • Shenzhou 8 • Shenzhou program • Space station • Spacecraft • Spaceflight • Tiangong program • Tiangong-1 • Tiangong-3