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China's Tiangong 1 Space Lab
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
This artist's illustration from a China space agency video shows the Tiangong 1 space laboratory, a prototype module for the country's planned space station.
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Display Model of Tiangong I Module
Credit: Gregory Kulacki/People's Daily Online
Display model of Tiangong I module at an exhibition hall at the China Academy of Space Technology, complete with access door for public viewing. A Long March 2F carrier rocket for Tiangong I arrived at China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on July 23. Personnel and facilities from all subsystems and payloads are gathering at the launch center for the mission of the space laboratory, which are reportedly going well.
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China's Tiangong 1 at the Launch Site
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering
China's Tiangong 1 spacecraft and Long March 2F rocket is pictured at the launch site after being transferred from a facility at the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center.
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Tiangong 1 Space Lab Design
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
This artist's illustration from a China space agency video shows the Tiangong 1 space laboratory, a prototype module for the country's planned space station.
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Spacewalking From China's Tiangong 1 Lab
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
This image depicts a spacewalk from a Shenzhou spacecraft docked to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory module.
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Tiangong 1 Crew Operations
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
This image depicts a full crew of three astronauts inside China's first space laboratory, the Tiangong 1.
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Building China's Tiangong 1 Space Lab
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
This still from a China space agency video shows the country's Tiangong 1 space lab module under construction for its planned 2011 launch.
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How China's First Space Station Will Work (Infographic)
Credit: Karl Tate/SPACE.com
Take a look at how China's first space station, called Tiangong ("Heavenly Palace") will be assembled in orbit in this SPACE.com infographic.
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China's Tiangong 1 Docking Concept
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
A Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft closes in on the country's Tiangong 1 space lab in this still from a mission profile video.
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Tiangong 1 Docking Port Closeup
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
A closeup of the docking port on China's Tiangong 1 space lab is shown in this artist's illustration.
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Tiangong 1 Cutaway: Moving Between Spacecraft
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
This still from a China space agency video shows a cutaway of a Shenzhou spacecraft docked at the country's Tiangong 1 space lab, showing how astronauts will move between the two Chinese spacecraft.
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Sleeping Aboard Tiangong 1
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office/Banner translation - Gregory Kulacki
This still from a China space agency video shows how astronauts will sleep aboard Tiangong 1, the country's first space laboratory launching in 2011.
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Tiangong 1 Space Lab Gets Rocket
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
Chinese engineers assemble the Long March 2F T1 rocket that will launch the Tiangong 1 space laboratory into orbit in 2011.
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Tiangong 1 Space Lab Orbital Diagram
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
China's planned orbit for the Tiangong 1 space lab after launch a 350-kilometer path around Earth.
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China's Tiangong 1 Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle Rolled to Launch Site
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering
China's integrated Tiangong 1 spacecraft and Long March 2F rocket is slowly rolled out of the vehicle assembly building to its launch site.
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China's Tiangong 1 Space Lab Module Transferred to Launch Site
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering
China's Tiangong 1 space lab and its Chinese Long March 2F rocket is transferred to the launch site.
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China Space Station Docking Vision
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
China is developing its first full-fledged space station, called Tiangong (Heavenly Palace). Early tests of China’s skills at rendezvous and docking, shown in this artist's illustration, are set to begin in 2011.
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Tiangong 1 Space Station Module Undergoing Testing
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
Photo of the Tiangong 1 module undergoing testing earlier in 2011.
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China's Fiery End for Tiangong 1
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office
China plans to dispose of the Tiangong 1 space laboratory by commanding it to burn up in Earth's atmosphere at the end of a two-year mission.
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China Shifts Space Station Project Into Overdrive
Credit: CCTV
The first public appearance of China's space station concept.
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China Unveils Space Station Concept
Credit: CCTV
The space station design was unveiled on a live broadcast to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
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Tiangong 1 Lifts Off
Credit: China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
China's first space laboratory module, Tiangong 1 (Chinese for "Heavenly Palace") blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sept. 29, 2011. The module will fly a 2-year mission for docking tests.
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Tiangong 1 Space Station Module Blasts Off
Credit: China Manned Space Engineering
China's first space laboratory module, Tiangong 1 (Chinese for "Heavenly Palace") blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sept. 29, 2011. The module will fly a 2-year mission for docking tests.
