28 December 2020
First piece of the Chinese Space Station is set to launch in 2021
..., chief designer of China's crewed space programme said the Tianhe core module will be sent by a Long March-5B Y2...from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan Province. Both Tianhe, which translates as "Unification of Heaven" and the Long...
11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
...deferred for a week reports SpaceNews. Tianzhou-2 docked with Tianhe at the end of May to automatically deliver supplies,...-2 project. "They can undergo both separate and mutual charging." Tianhe, the core module, is powered by solar panels less than ...
17 June 2021
China's astronauts arrive at new space station
... Boming, 54, and Tang Hongbo, 45, are to work and stay on Tianhe, the living quarters of the future space station, for three months. Haisheng...space officials confirmed that the craft had docked with Tianhe, the core module of the country's new space ...
28 April 2021
First piece of China's space station expected to launch this week
... have a combined weight of more than 90 metric tons. The launch of its 16.6 metre long core module, the Tianhe, or "Heavenly Harmony”, will be the first of 11 missions to transport and build the orbital station. After the module...
19 February 2021
China's astronauts begin training for space station missions
... by a Long March 5B rocket launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province. The module, named Tianhe, or Harmony of Heavens, will have three parts-a connecting section, a life-support and control section and a resources...
17 September 2021
Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 90-day mission
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth Friday after completing the country's longest-ever crewed mission, the latest landmark in Beijing's drive to become a major space power. The capsule carrying the trio deployed its parachute and landed in ...
