Tiangong

Overview

Tiangong is China's modular space station, assembled from the Tianhe core module and the Wentian and Mengtian laboratory modules and continuously crewed since 2022.

Highlights

• ▹China's first long-term space station
• ▹Three-module T-shaped configuration
• ▹Crewed by rotating Shenzhou expeditions

Knowledge connections

• Operated byCNSA (China National Space Administration)
• Part of programTiangong program
• Visited byShenzhou

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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