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Mengtian space lab arrives at launch site in Hainan

Updated: Sep 7, 2022 chinadaily.com.cn Print
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A photo shows a truck transporting the Mengtian space lab, the second lab component of China's Tiangong space station, to the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province. [Photo/Sina Weibo account of Xinhua]

Wentian, the first lab module of the Tiangong station, was launched on July 24 by a Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket from the Wenchang center.

The 23-ton vehicle is the largest and heaviest China has ever deployed in orbit and consists of three major parts — a crew working compartment, an airlock cabin and an unpressurized service module.

Tiangong now has four parts — the Tianhe core module, the Wentian lab, the Tianzhou 4 cargo ship and the Shenzhou XIV spacecraft. It is currently manned by three astronauts who arrived in early June.

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