China's space station is almost complete after the country launched one out of the two modules left.
China's space agency continues to make steady progress as the country aims to become one of the world's leading space powers.
On Sunday, July 24, it launched one of the two laboratory modules required to complete its orbital space station,The Wentian module weighs 23 tons and, according to state-owned Global Times, it is heavier than any other single-module spacecraft currently in orbit.The Wentian module of the Tiangong space station was launched from Hainan Island, which is at the southernmost point of China. A crowd of space enthusiasts watched on and waved flags throughout the proceedings.
The module launched aboard a Long March 5B remote 3 rocket, and it took approximately eight minutes to reach orbit. The new Wentian module was designed for science and biology experiments. The second module, the Mengtian, is scheduled to launch in October. Once the second module is launched to orbit, the Tiangong space station should be completed by around the end of the year.
Both will form a part of China's Tiangong space station, where three astronauts are already stationed aboard the core module. These astronauts will help to position and dock the new module once it arrives at the station.Communist Party's military wing, which means that the U.S. did not invite it to collaborate on the International Space Station. Fractured relations between the U.S. and Russia, however, have led to more collaboration between Russia and China.
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