China Launches Mengtian Module To Complete Tiangong Space Station

Mengtian

China's Mengtian science module, the final piece of the Tiangong space station, is sent to orbit Oct. 31.

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SINGAPORE—China has successfully launched the Mengtian space module to space, the third and final piece of the Tiangong space station program. On Oct. 31 a Long March-5B rocket blasted off at 3:37 p.m. local time from Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island. Weighing 23.3 tons, Mengtian—which...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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