China's second orbiting space lab Tiangong-2, which may enable two astronauts to live in space for up to 30 days, has been delivered to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

 

中国第二艘轨道空间实验室天宫2号已被运送至酒泉卫星发射中心，该实验室可以容纳两名宇航员在太空中生活30天。
 

 

The lab was sent from Beijing Thursday by railway and reached the launch center Saturday, marking the start of the Tiangong-2 and Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft missions, said a statement issued by China's manned space engineering office.

 

Assembly and tests will begin at the center ahead of the lab's launch scheduled for mid-September, the statement said.

 

According to the statement, Tiangong-2 will be capable of receiving manned and cargo¹ spaceships, and will be a testing place for systems and processes for mid-term space stays and refueling in space.

 

It will also be involved in experiments on aerospace² medicine, space sciences, on-orbit maintenance and space station technologies.

 

China's first space lab Tiangong-1, which was launched in September 2011 with a designed life of two years, ended its data service earlier this year. It had docked with Shenzhou-8, Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and undertook a series of experiments.

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