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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The docking with the Tianhe core module took place at 08:54 Beijing time, or 03:54 Moscow time BEIJING, May 10. /TASS/. The Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the China's space ...

The Tianzhou 4 freighter docked with the Tianhe core module about 6.5 hours after lifting off. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Tianzhou 2 cargo spacecraft, a part of the construction of China’s Tiangong space station, is the first cargo resupply mission to the already launched Tianhe core module. Tianzhou 2 carried astronauts ...