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Earlier today, China put Tianhe, the core module of its new space station, into orbit. It's the 12th space station to be put into orbit (Salyuts 1 and 3 through 7 , Mir, Skylab, the ISS and the two ...

A view of the Sun on the horizon from Tianhe ahead of the Shenzhou-12 docking. Credit: BACC/CCTV/screenshot HELSINKI — The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft docked with China’s space station module hours after ...

China has been in the process of developing a modular space station for years, and the core module of such a station is now ready for launch. The station core module, called Tianhe (that means ...

Components of the Long March 5B (Y2) to launch the Chinese space station core module at a facility in Tianjin. Credit: CMSA HELSINKI — The Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket to launch China’s first space ...

Students, teachers, experts and museum personnel pose for a group photo in front of a 1:1 model of the Tianhe core module, the foundational element of the Tiangong space station, during a science ...

Chinese space station core module Tianhe is getting pre-launch tests and the Long March 5B launch vehicle undergoing integration. The full space station will be 5 times smaller than the International ...

The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, April 29, 2021. China on Thursday sent into space the ...

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An astronomer has captured an image showing both the International Space Station (ISS) and China's Tianhe-1 space station in the sky at the same time. Spotting the ISS whizzing overhead is not unusual ...

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