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25/07/22 07:20 AM IST

China successfully launches first lab module for its space station

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  • China successfully launched the first lab module of its under-construction space station.
About Lab Module 
  • The Long March-5B Y3 carrier rocket, carrying Wentian, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan.
  • The new module will function both as a backup of the core module and as a powerful scientific experiment platform in the Tiangong space station currently being built by the country.
  • China is on the track to complete the construction of its space station as it successfully launched the first lab module
  • A second lab module, called the Mengtian, is due to be launched in October, and both will join the Tiangong space station.
  • Three astronauts are already living in the core module and will oversee the arrival and docking of the lab.
Source- Indian Express 

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