天和号核心舱
Tianhe launched in April 2021.
China plans to launch a co-orbiting optical telescope module named Xuntian in late 2023 or 2024 that will be capable of docking with Tianhe for repairs, maintenance, refueling, and upgrades.
Tianhe launched in April 2021.
The Wentian and Mengtian modules will be transpositioned from Tianhe’s forward docking port to lateral docking ports using a 10-meter-long robotic arm that launched with Tianhe.
Tianzhou-3 launched in September 2021 to deliver supplies to the Tianhe space station module ahead of the six-month Shenzhou-13 crewed mission.
The Wentian experiment module used its own propulsion system to match orbit with Tianhe and completed rendezvous and docking with a forward docking port at 3:13 p.m. Eastern on 2022-07-24.
Tianhe, the core module of China’s space station, launched in April 2021.
Tianhe is the similarly sized core module for the Tiangong space station that launched in April 2021.
Tianzhou-2 was used early 2022 for a transposition test to verify procedures for moving a module from Tianhe’s forward docking port to a lateral port.
Tianhe was supported by the Tianzhou-2 and Tianzhou-3 logistics missions for the Shenzhou-12 and Shenzhou-13 crews respectively.
The two laboratory modules will join the main Tianhe living module that was launched in April 2021.
Tianhe was launched in April 2021 and has hosted the Shenzhou-12 and Shenzhou-13 crewed missions.
Shenzhou-14 docked with the Tianhe space station module at 5:42 a.m. Eastern on 2022-06-05.
Wentian includes a small robotic arm designed to work with the larger robotic arm on Tianhe.
The Tianhe core module was launched in April 2021.
The Shenzhou-12 and Shenzhou-13 crews used Tianhe’s docking hub for EVA entry and exit.
The Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft completed an automated docking with the aft port of the Tianhe space station module at 8:54 p.m. Eastern on 2022-05-09.
Tianzhou-4 docked with Tianhe seven hours after launching on a Long March 7 rocket from the Wenchang launch center in Hainan.
Tianzhou-4 will deliver supplies and propellant to the Tianhe core module to support the Shenzhou-14 crewed mission expected to launch from Jiuquan in June.
The Shenzhou-13 crew performed transposition tests aboard Tianhe using the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft as an analog for the new space station modules.