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Temple One objective assessment of China's first aircraft by the factory space rendezvous and docking mission is about to launch into the implementation phase

Xinhua Beijing, June 30 (Li Qinghua, Huang Cong Jun), spokesman of China's manned space project on June 30 announced the implementation of China's first space rendezvous and docking missions Temple One goal of aircraft has been reviewed by the factory in June 29 transported to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, to carry out the task before the final stage of testing.

The spokesman, since September 2008, the successful completion of Shenzhou VII astronaut extravehicular activity space mission, China's manned space rendezvous and docking tasks into a comprehensive project preparation.

After two years of efforts, Temple One and Temple One target aircraft loading the payload of scientific experiments have been completed before delivery of the comprehensive testing, launch Temple One of the Long March II F rocket factory is planned to prepare work.

The spokesman said, according to the plan, will be the third and fourth quarter have fired Temple One goal of aircraft and spacecraft, Shenzhou VIII, the implementation of China's first space rendezvous and docking missions.

 

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is this one going to be testing docking or manned mission`?

 

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Temple One = Tiangong I Modular Space Station

 

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This is it. China's first module of its space station will be launched this year.

 

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Chinese "Tiangong-1" space station approaches liftoff
Posted on 05 July 2011 by admin Print This Post



2011-07-06 (China Military News cited from SPACEFLIGHT NOW and written by STEPHEN CLARK) -- China plans to launch the first module of an envisioned space laboratory by the end of September, and the rising space power will attempt its first in-orbit docking weeks later, according to space program officials and state-run media reports.
The Tiangong 1 space module was shipped to the Jiuquan launching base June 29 to begin the last steps in preparing the craft for launch sometime before the end of September, according to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, an organization supporting planning and development of the country's human space efforts.
The spacecraft will be given a "final check" before blasting off on a Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan, a space center in the Gobi desert in northwestern China. The launch site is near the border between China's Gansu and Inner Mongolia provinces.
"After two years of strenuous efforts by the scientists, [the] Tiangong 1 target spacecraft has been successfully assembled and passed through failure detection," the state-run People's Daily newspaper reported in its English edition.
Xinhua, another state-run news agency, also reported last week the Tiangong 1 spacecraft was transported to the launch site.
The 19,000-pound vehicle is designed to function as a testbed for Chinese rendezvous and docking techniques a few hundred miles above Earth. China says it will operate for at least two years.
Tiangong, which means "heavenly palace" in Chinese, features a forward docking port, navigation and communications equipment, and a pressurized cabin for human visitors.
An automated Chinese capsule named Shenzhou 8 will launch as soon as October to approach and dock with the Tiangong module. If the rendezvous attempt is successful, it will pave the way for up to two manned Shenzhou flights to the mini-space station in 2012.

Photo of the Tiangong 1 module undergoing testing earlier in 2011

Photo of the Shenzhou 8 spacecraft undergoing testing earlier in 2011

 

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China's First Space Station: A New Foothold in Earth Orbit
Posted on 06 May 2011 by admin Print This Post


2011-05-06 (China Military Analysis cited from space.com and written by Leonard David) -- China's state-run news outlets report that preparations of the country's first space station module, called Tiangong-1, are in full swing for a launch in the second half of this year and will be followed by an unpiloted spacecraft.
The spacecraft twosome, the station module and China's Shenzhou 8 vehicle, will mark the country's first round of orbital rendezvous and docking tests – viewed as a springboard to larger space adventures. A Long March 2F rocket is the booster of choice for the individual launches, according to reports by China's Xinhua news agency.
According to state media reports, the Tiangong-1 space station module is outfitted with a docking port on its front and rear ends. It will tip the scales at roughly 8 1/2 tons and purportedly will have a two-year lifetime in Earth orbit.
Next year, China's Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10 missions, each carrying astronauts, are expected to link up with the station module, according to current plan.
By honing their skills at rendezvous and docking, Chinese space officials see the target practice as a step forward in assembling a far heftier space facility, now slated to be completed around 2020, according to Yang Liwei, deputy head of China’s Manned Space Engineering Office. Yang was China’s first person to orbit the Earth, in 2003.
China currently has a 21-member astronaut corps that includes two women and is undergoing training for future docking and rendezvous milestones. The two women are pilots drawn from the People's Liberation Army Air Force.
Larger space station
According to an April 26 Xinhua report, China's goal is to build a 60-ton space station that would consist of three modules and also would make use of a cargo spaceship delivering supplies to the orbital complex.
The full-size station would have a 59-foot (18.1-meter) core module with a maximum diameter of 14 feet (4.2 meters) and a launch weight of between 20 and 22 tons (18,100 to 19,900 kilograms). That central module would be launched first, according to the plan.