GLOBALink | How China's Mengtian lab module docks with space station combination
BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- 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.
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