China to launch Tiangong-1 docking module in 2011

Monday, 29 August 2011 20:40 Written by People Daily

The Tiangong-1, the first docking module in China's permanent space station and also an orbiting laboratory, has been fully assembled and will be launched in 2011, according to information published on www.cmse.gov.cn, China's official manned space engineering Web site, on Aug. 17. The module is now undergoing comprehensive electrical performance tests. After passing a series of electrical, mechanical and thermal performance tests, it will be sent into the pre-set orbit in 2011, and afterward ...