Tiangong-1, China’s experimental space lab, re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere at around 8.15am (Hong Kong time, 0015 GMT) on Monday, China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said. It has docked with Shenzhou-8, Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraft, and undertaken a series of tasks, making important contributions to China’s manned space programme. China dismisses suggestions its Tiangong-1 space station is out of controlThe Tiangong-1, which means “Heavenly Palace 1” in Chinese, was launched into orbit on September 29, 2011. In its lifetime it was involved in six rendezvous and docking missions with manned Shenzhou spacecraft, and made “significant contributions to the development of China’s manned space mission” space authorities said. For the latest news from the South China Morning Post download our mobile app.

Source: The Star April 02, 2018 04:07 UTC