
The Modular Space Station Experiment Module II would be called Mengtian ( simplified Chinese: 梦天 traditional Chinese: 夢天 pinyin: Mèng Tiān lit.Wentian was successfully launched on 24 July 2022. The Modular Space Station Experiment Module I would be called Wentian ( simplified Chinese: 问天 traditional Chinese: 問天 pinyin: Wèn Tiān lit.Tianhe was successfully launched on 29 April 2021. The Modular Space Station Core Module would be called Tianhe ( Chinese: 天和 pinyin: Tiān Hé lit.Subsequently, Tianzhou 3 and Tianzhou 4 were launched respectively on 20 September 2021 and. The first mission to the space station, Tianzhou 2, flew on. The first Tianzhou mission successfully launched and deorbited in 2017. The cargo transport spacecraft would be called Tianzhou ( Chinese: 天舟 pinyin: Tiān Zhōu lit.The large modular space station would be called Tiangong as well, without number.Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2 were launched respectively in 20. The precursor space labs would be called Tiangong ( simplified Chinese: 天 宫 traditional Chinese: 天宮 pinyin: Tiān Gōng lit.On 31 October 2013, CMSA announced the new names for the whole space station program: We now feel that the public should be involved in the names and symbols, as this major project will enhance national prestige and strengthen the national sense of cohesion and pride". Wang Wenbao, director of the CMSA, told a news conference in 2011: "Considering past achievements and the bright future, we feel the manned space programme should have a more vivid symbol, and that the future space station should carry a resounding and encouraging name. The rendezvous of the space vehicles has been compared to the reunion of the cowherd and the weaver girl. Across China, the launch of Tiangong-1 was reported to have inspired a variety of feelings, including love poetry. The name "Tiangong" means "heavenly palace". These poetic names continue as the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and future Chinese Lunar probes are called Chang'e after the Moon goddess. Thus, the new Long March launch vehicles were renamed Divine Arrow ( 神箭), space capsule Divine Vessel (神舟), spaceplane Divine Dragon (神龙), land-based high-power laser Divine Light (神光), and supercomputer Divine Might (神威). It has been attributed to former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping for the decision that the names used in the space program, previously all chosen from the revolutionary history of the People's Republic, would be replaced with mystical-religious ones. Chinese leaders have expressed the hope that the research conducted on the station will improve researchers' ability to conduct science experiments in space beyond the duration and capacity offered by China's existing space laboratories. The first module, the Tianhe ("Harmony of the Heavens") core module, was launched on 29 April 2021, followed by multiple crewed and uncrewed missions and two more major modules to be launched in 2022. The construction of the station is based on the experience gained from its precursors, Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2. Being China's first long-term space station and the core of the "Third Step" of the China Manned Space Program, once completed, Tiangong will have a mass between 90 and 100 t (200,000 and 220,000 lb), roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station and about the size of the decommissioned Russian Mir space station. 'Palace in the Sky'), officially the Tiangong space station ( Chinese: 天宫空间站 pinyin: Tiāngōng kōngjiānzhàn), is a space station being constructed by China and operated by China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) in low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km (210 and 280 mi) above the surface. Tiangong ( Chinese: 天宮 pinyin: Tiāngōng lit. A rendering of the Tiangong Space Station in its October 2022 construction state, with the Tianhe core module centre-right, the Tianzhou on its aft docking port and the Wentian (pictured centre) and the Shenzhou ( nadir) sharing its multi-docking hub.
