China has successfully launched its Tiangong-2 space laboratory this week as part of its accelerating space program.
The Tiangong-2 lab was launched form the Jiuquan Space Center in the Gobi Desert at 22:00 local time on Thursday. It was carried into space atop a Long March-2F T2 rocket, before being successfully delivered into Low Earth Orbit. Tiangong-2, meaning ‘Heavenly Palace’ in Chinese, is the second space lab launched by China in its…
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