Thursday, September 29, 2011

A Long March 2F T1 rocket carrying the Tiangong-1 space module launches from China on September 29, 2011 (U.S. Time).
China Manned Space Engineering Office / CCTV

TIANGONG-1 LIFTS OFF... The unmanned prototype of a space station that China plans to launch by the end of this decade will conduct a test docking with an unpiloted Shenzhou spacecraft in November.

A computer simulation showing the Tiangong-1 module and Shenzhou spacecraft docking in low-Earth orbit.
China Manned Space Engineering Office
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