China launches Wentian lab module to its permanent space station

China launches Wentian lab module to its permanent space station

China has successfully launched the Wentian laboratory module (23-tonne), second space module to its permanent space station.

This has been launched on the Long March 5B from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan. This module will help astronauts to carry out their scientific experiments, along with the other lab module. First space module was Tianhe, was launched in April 2021 and the third module, Mengtian, will be launched soon.

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