China is about to launch

On September 20, China said it will launch the Tiangong-1 space module by the end of September, starting the construction of its own space station, according to AFP.

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Previously, this East Asian country had a plan to put the Tiangong unmanned module-1, also known as Thien Cung 1, into orbit in 2010, but the technical problems caused the mission to be delay.

According to an unnamed spokesman for the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province (in northwestern China), the Tiangong-1 module will leave its launch pad here from September 27-30.

Chang'e 2 probes were launched by China on Moon's orbit in October 2010 - (Photo: Reuters)

According to Xinhua , Tiangong-1 and Long-March II-F boosters (Chinh Tu II-F), the type of missile that succeeded in the previous seven launches of the Shenzhou spacecraft, is ready on launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Known, with a weight of 8 tons, 8.5m long, the Tiangong-1 module will be in orbit around the Earth for 2 years and is the first component for the country's ambition to build a space station. most planet.

After Tiangong-1 left the launch pad for about 2 months, China would send the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft into space and make connections with Tiangong-1 in orbit.

In recent years, China has consistently achieved great success in the exploration of the universe. Mission to build China's own space station to affirm its boom in space science.

In 2003, China enrolled in the list of countries capable of taking people into space (along with Russia and the US) with the Shenzhou 5 ship with an astronaut.

Two years later, China raised the number of astronauts on the Shenzhou 6 ship to two. The year 2008 marked a great step forward for the Chinese space technology industry by launching the Shenzhou 7 ship with three astronauts.

During this flight, China became one of the three countries (along with the US and Russia) capable of bringing people into space and carrying out aerial walks.

In addition, in two years 2007 and 2010, China also twice launched Chang'e probe (Hang Nga) to orbit the Moon to prepare for the ship landing on Ms. Hang's surface in 2013 and beyond. is bringing people to set foot on the Earth's natural satellite in 2017.