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(221229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This simulated image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 3, 2022 shows China's space station lab module Mengtian after completing in-orbit transposition. Top 10 China news stories of 2022 5. China achieves historic breakthrough in construction of its space station China's space station lab module Mengtian successfully docked with the core module Tianhe on Nov. 1, and later completed its in-orbit transposition, forming the space station's basic T-shape configuration together with Tianhe and the Wentian lab module. On Nov. 30, the Shenzhou-14 and Shenzhou-15 crews participated in a historic gathering in space, and later conducted the handover of the space station's control, completing the first in-orbit crew rotation in China's space history. As a national space laboratory, China's space station is capable of conducting larger-scale space research experiments and new technology tests. (Photo by Sun Fengxiao/Xinhua)

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How China's Mengtian lab module docks with space station combination

STORY: How China's Mengtian lab module docks with space station combination DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mengtian lab module 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YING LE, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation STORYLINE: China's space station lab module Mengtian successfully completed in-orbit transposition at 9:32 a.m. (Beijing Time) Thursday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. This transposition marked the formation of the space station's basic T-shape configuration, representing a key step toward the completion of China's space station, said the agency. The Mengtian lab module first completed its state setting and then separated from the space station combination. Mengtian next conducted transposition and docked at the side port of the Tianhe core module's node cabin. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YING LE, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation "The Tianhe core module can locate the exact position of itself by China'

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-SPACE STATION-MENGTIAN-TRANSPOSITION-COMPLETION (CN)

(221103) -- BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This simulated image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 3, 2022 shows China's space station lab module Mengtian after completing in-orbit transposition. China's space station lab module Mengtian successfully completed in-orbit transposition at 9:32 a.m. (Beijing Time) Thursday, announced the China Manned Space Agency. This transposition marked the formation of the space station's basic T-shape configuration, representing a key step toward the completion of China's space station, said the agency. In accordance with the plan, the basic function tests and evaluation of the space station combination will be carried out, said the agency. (Photo by Sun Fengxiao/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-SPACE STATION-MENGTIAN-TRANSPOSITION-COMPLETION (CN)

(221103) -- BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 3, 2022 shows China's space station lab module Mengtian after successfully completing in-orbit transposition. China's space station lab module Mengtian successfully completed in-orbit transposition at 9:32 a.m. (Beijing Time) Thursday, announced the China Manned Space Agency. This transposition marked the formation of the space station's basic T-shape configuration, representing a key step toward the completion of China's space station, said the agency. In accordance with the plan, the basic function tests and evaluation of the space station combination will be carried out, said the agency. (Photo by Sun Fengxiao/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-SPACE STATION-MENGTIAN-TRANSPOSITION-COMPLETION (CN)

(221103) -- BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 3, 2022 shows a view inside Tianhe core module after China's space station lab module Mengtian completed in-orbit transposition. China's space station lab module Mengtian successfully completed in-orbit transposition at 9:32 a.m. (Beijing Time) Thursday, announced the China Manned Space Agency. This transposition marked the formation of the space station's basic T-shape configuration, representing a key step toward the completion of China's space station, said the agency. In accordance with the plan, the basic function tests and evaluation of the space station combination will be carried out, said the agency. (Photo by Sun Fengxiao/Xinhua)

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Shenzhou-14 astronauts enter Mengtian lab module

STORY: Shenzhou-14 astronauts enter Mengtian lab module DATELINE: Nov. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Shenzhou-14 astronauts successfully entering the Mengtian lab module of China's space station Tiangong STORYLINE: According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), the Shenzhou-14 astronauts successfully entered the Mengtian lab module of China's space station Tiangong at 3:12 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday. Following up, the Shenzhou-14 crew in the space station will welcome the subsequent arrival of the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship. The Shenzhou-14 and Shenzhou-15 crew members will then conduct the first in-orbit crew rotation in China's space history. Mengtian successfully completed in-orbit transposition on Thursday morning. It marked the formation of the space station's basic T-shape configuration, representing a key step toward the completion of China's space station. China launched the space lab module Men

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China's Mengtian lab module docks with space station combination

STORY: China's Mengtian lab module docks with space station combination DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Mengtian lab module STORYLINE: 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 the front port of Tianhe, the space station's core module, at 4:27 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time) after it entered the planned orbit, the CMSA said. The whole process of rendezvous and docking lasted approximately 13 hours. Later, Mengtian will conduct transposition as planned, according to the CMSA. The Mengtian module, together with Tianhe core module and Wentian lab module, will then form the space station's basic configuration in T shape. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

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CHINA-SPACE STATION LAB MODULE-TRANSPOSITION (CN)

(220930) -- BEIJING, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Sept. 30, 2022 shows the Wentian lab module preparing to conduct transposition. China's space station lab module Wentian successfully completed in-orbit transposition at 12:44 p.m. Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). It was the first time China has completed the in-orbit transposition of a large-scale spacecraft cabin by applying transfer facilities, the CMSA said. During the transposition, the Wentian lab module first completed its state configuration and separated from the space station's core module Tianhe. Following up, Wentian conducted transposition and then docked with the side port of the space station's node cabin. Lasting around one hour, the operation was the result of cooperation between astronauts in space and professionals on Earth, the agency said. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)

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CHINA-SPACE STATION LAB MODULE-TRANSPOSITION (CN)

(220930) -- BEIJING, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Sept. 30, 2022 shows the Wentian lab module completing transposition and docking with the side port of the space station's node cabin. China's space station lab module Wentian successfully completed in-orbit transposition at 12:44 p.m. Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). It was the first time China has completed the in-orbit transposition of a large-scale spacecraft cabin by applying transfer facilities, the CMSA said. During the transposition, the Wentian lab module first completed its state configuration and separated from the space station's core module Tianhe. Following up, Wentian conducted transposition and then docked with the side port of the space station's node cabin. Lasting around one hour, the operation was the result of cooperation between astronauts in space and professionals on Earth, the agency said. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)

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CHINA-SPACE STATION LAB MODULE-TRANSPOSITION (CN)

(220930) -- BEIJING, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Sept. 30, 2022 shows the Wentian lab module separating from the space station's core module Tianhe and conducting transposition. China's space station lab module Wentian successfully completed in-orbit transposition at 12:44 p.m. Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). It was the first time China has completed the in-orbit transposition of a large-scale spacecraft cabin by applying transfer facilities, the CMSA said. During the transposition, the Wentian lab module first completed its state configuration and separated from the space station's core module Tianhe. Following up, Wentian conducted transposition and then docked with the side port of the space station's node cabin. Lasting around one hour, the operation was the result of cooperation between astronauts in space and professionals on Earth, the agency said. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)

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Shenzhou-14 mission explained in 60 seconds

STORY: Shenzhou-14 mission explained in 60 seconds DATELINE: June 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship STORYLINE: The Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship was launched on Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The crew of three astronauts will stay in orbit for six months. They will complete the construction of the Tiangong space station, with a basic three-module structure consisting of the core module Tianhe and the lab modules Wentian and Mengtian. The Shenzhou-14 crew will work with the ground team to complete the rendezvous, docking and transposition of the two lab modules with the core module. They will enter the two lab modules for the first time and help make the environment suitable for their stay, and will unlock and install a dozen of scientific experiment cabinets in the two modules. They will also carry out relevant function tests on the two-module space station complex, t

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China launches crewed mission to complete space station construction

STORY: China launches crewed mission to complete space station construction DATELINE: June 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14 STORYLINE: China on Sunday launched the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14, sending three astronauts to its space station combination for a six-month mission. The trio will cooperate with the ground team to complete the assembly and construction of the Tiangong space station, developing it from a single-module structure into a national space laboratory with three modules -- the core module Tianhe and two lab modules Wentian and Mengtian. The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, was lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The crew will work with the ground team to complete the rendezvous, docking and transposition of the two lab modules with the core module, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the CMSA, at a press conference Saturda

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CHINA-BEIJING-TIANZHOU-2-SPACE STATION-TRANSPOSITION TEST (CN)

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2022 at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, shows the transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm. China successfully conducted a transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm Thursday morning. It was the first time that the robotic arm operated a large in-orbit spacecraft for a transfer test, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).TO GO WITH: China completes in-orbit spacecraft transposition test with space station's robotic arm (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)

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CHINA-BEIJING-TIANZHOU-2-SPACE STATION-TRANSPOSITION TEST (CN)

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2022 at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, shows the transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm. China successfully conducted a transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm Thursday morning. It was the first time that the robotic arm operated a large in-orbit spacecraft for a transfer test, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).TO GO WITH: China completes in-orbit spacecraft transposition test with space station's robotic arm (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)

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CHINA-BEIJING-TIANZHOU-2-SPACE STATION-TRANSPOSITION TEST (CN)

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2022 at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, shows the transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm. China successfully conducted a transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm Thursday morning. It was the first time that the robotic arm operated a large in-orbit spacecraft for a transfer test, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).TO GO WITH: China completes in-orbit spacecraft transposition test with space station's robotic arm (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)

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CHINA-BEIJING-TIANZHOU-2-SPACE STATION-TRANSPOSITION TEST (CN)

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2022 at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, shows the transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm. China successfully conducted a transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm Thursday morning. It was the first time that the robotic arm operated a large in-orbit spacecraft for a transfer test, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).TO GO WITH: China completes in-orbit spacecraft transposition test with space station's robotic arm (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)

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CHINA-BEIJING-TIANZHOU-2-SPACE STATION-TRANSPOSITION TEST (CN)

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2022 at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, shows the transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm. China successfully conducted a transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm Thursday morning. It was the first time that the robotic arm operated a large in-orbit spacecraft for a transfer test, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).TO GO WITH: China completes in-orbit spacecraft transposition test with space station's robotic arm (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)