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Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong during the send-off ceremonies for their mission aboard the Tiangong 2 space station.
Chinese Astronauts Blast Off to Live Aboard Space Station

Chinese female taikonaut Wang Yaping answers a  student's question from Tiangong-1 space module in June 2013.
China’s Tiangong-1 Space Lab to Fall Back to Earth Next Year

Up, up and away: Massive clouds of smoke form as the Tiangong-2 space laboratory blasts off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sept. 15, 2016, in Jiuquan, Gansu Province.
Mission Accomplished--Again: Second Space Lab Launched

File photo of the lauch of the Tiangong-1 space laboratory. China is using its own sun simulator to study the effects of solar radiation on spacecraft like this and help design better ones.
China's New Sun Simulator Helps Design Better Spacecraft

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The Tiangong-2 space laboratory during its construction. The spacecraft is currently undergoing final testing for its launch in September.
China's Tiangong-2 Space Lab Undergoing Final Tests Before Launch

A Long March 2F rocket lifts off on Sept. 29, 2011, in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China. A more powerful version of the rocket, the Long March-7, successfully launched earlier this week.
China on Schedule to Launch Second Space Station This Year

China has terminated Tiangong-1's data service.
China Decommissions First Orbiting Space Laboratory

Shenzhou-10 crew (from left) Wang Yaping, Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang during their arrival at Tiangong-1 Space Station.
Chinese Astronauts Share Aspirations on Future Space Missions

Photographers take pictures of a model of the Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft (R) docking with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module (L) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
China Plans for New Space Missions for 2016

Three Chinese astronauts wave to the crowd before boarding the Shenzhou-9 that will bring them to an orbiting space module.
China to Send Space Cargo Ship in 2016 for Space Lab

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