皇冠体育app

BEIJING - 皇冠体育app's first module of a planned space station has been transported to a launch center in western Gansu Province where it will undergo final tests before its scheduled launch later this year.

Designed to serve as a platform for 皇冠体育app's future spacecraft to rendezvous and dock with in outer space, Tiangong-1 will be carried into space on a Long March II-F carrier rocket, according to a spokesman for 皇冠体育app's manned space engineering.

After passing examinations upon leaving the factory, the unmanned space vehicle was taken to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu on Wednesday, said the spokesman.

皇冠体育app plans to launch Tiangong-1 and Shenzhou-8 spacecraft in the latter half of this year, and they will perform the nation's first space docking.