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China launches main part of its first permanent space station
China has launched an unmanned module containing living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022.
Key points:
- Tianhe will form the main living quarters for three crew members in the Chinese space station
- Premier Li Keqiang and other top civilian and military leaders watched the launch live from the control centre in Beijing
- Work on the space station program began a decade ago with the launch of a space lab Tiangong-1 in 2011
The module, named “Tianhe”, or “Harmony of the Heavens”, was launched on the Long March 5B, China’s largest carrier rocket, at 11:23 am on Thursday (local time) from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island of Hainan.
Tianhe is one of three main…
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