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Thursday, April 29, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: China Launches First Module of Space Station
Chinese officials confirmed the successful launch of the first element of the country’s space station early Thursday, laying the keystone to a permanently-inhabited orbiting habitat that could welcome its first astronauts this summer.
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) April 29, 2021
Full story: https://t.co/qXTjVABGap pic.twitter.com/YWemXsptE7
This is cool. A 3D/VR version of the completed Chinese Space Station in which you can wander around through Tianhe, the experiment modules, docking hub and Shenzhou. From China's human spaceflight agency. https://t.co/2jYcIt7Rf9 pic.twitter.com/KoQsYaH1ml
— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) April 29, 2021
Posted at April 29, 2021 12:09