China has been gearing up for Tianhe's launch for years. The nation lofted a prototype station module called Tiangong-1 in 2011 and another one, Tiangong-2, in 2016. Chinese astronauts visited ...

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The core module of China's Tiangong space station — named Tianhe, or "Harmony of the Heavens" — has now been orbiting Earth for more than 1,000 days.

China is set to launch the core module of its first permanent space station next spring, to be constructed over 11 missions in the next two years and completed by 2022. Astronauts are already in ...

The core module, Tianhe, is approximately 55 feet long and weighs in at around 24 tons. Its chief purpose is to provide a living space and life support for taikonauts visiting the station.

Wentian, which is designed for science and biology experiments, docked with the space station’s Tianhe core module at 3.13am Beijing time, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said.