201K views · 893 reactions | New journey to new heights: China launches #space station core module #Tianhe and check out this official promo video to find out more | China Xinhua Sci-Tech | Facebook

China on Thursday sent into space the core module of its space station, kicking off a series of key launch missions that aim to complete the construction of the station by the end of next year. The Long March-5B Y2 #rocket, carrying the #Tianhe module, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of #Hainan. #ChinaTech | Xi's Moments

6.8K views · 94 reactions | China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 has successfully docked with the Tianhe core module. The mission provides supplies for astronauts when they arrive next month. | HOY International Business Channel | Facebook

Working, dining, exercising and watching TV, three taikonauts have been following their regular work and life schedules for a month in the Tianhe core module of China's #SpaceStation. #SpaceLog | China Plus Culture

55K views · 3.7K reactions | The three Chinese astronauts onboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship enter the country's space station core module Tianhe on Thursday | China Xinhua Sci-Tech | Facebook

The Tianhe core module is the largest and most complicated spacecraft independently developed by China. It can support astronauts carrying out different scientific and technical experiments in space. The Tianhe core module is the basis, while the next two modules will be assembled later in orbit to form the complete Chinese space station. 8-) 8-) 8-) #ChinaTech | Xi's Moments