When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China is launching its first space laboratory module Tiangong 1 today (Sept. 29) on a critical ...

The Mengtian lab module has successfully docked with China's Tiangong space station combination, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Mengtian, Tiangong's second lab module, docked with ...

Tiangong-1, China's first space lab, launched in September 2011 and will fall to Earth in 2018 between March 30 and April 2. See photos and images of Tiangong-1's mission in our full gallery here.

China's manned space program has witnessed another milestone, as the Shenzhou-14 taikonauts entered the Mengtian lab module - the third and last part of the three-module China Space Station - on ...