Global Times

President Xi talks with three taikonauts stationed in space station core module with national and CPC flags onboard

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, conducted the first ground-space call with the ...
Global Times

'Divine vessel' launched successfully; three astronauts aboard to reach China's space station core module

Riding atop the Long March-2F Y12 carrier rocket, the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft was successfully launched into preset orbit on Thursday morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi ...
SpaceNews

Chinese space station core module passes review but faces delays

HELSINKI — The first module for China’s planned space station has passed a final review, but the project continues to suffer launch vehicle-related delays. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) ...
PBS

Core Module

The Base Block, or Core Module, is the heart of Mir. First launched into orbit in 1986, it comprised the entire space station for over a year, before the other modules were launched. Built of two ...