China's Mengtian Lab Research Module Docking Succesful | China Space Station

China's Mengtian Lab Research Module Docking Succesful | China Space Station

Mengtian, the second lab module and the last major component of China's space station, docked with the front port of the Tianhe core module at 4:27 a.m (Beijing Time) Tuesday, November 1, 2022, after entering the planned orbit, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The Mengtian Laboratory Module (梦天实验舱, “Dreaming of Heavens”) is the second Laboratory Module of the China Space Station. It took approximately 13 hours for the entire process of rendezvous and docking.

The module is similar to Tianhe and Wentian in size and weight. It is 17.9 meters long, with a maximum diameter of 4.2 meters and a takeoff mass of about 23 tons. It consists of a working cabin for astronauts/taikonauts, an airlock cabin, a payload cabin and a resource cabin. Mengtian is mainly designed for scientific experiments. Unlike Tianhe and Wentian, it does not have a sleeping cabin. Instead, it is full of cabinets that can support hundreds of experiments.

The module will focus on microgravity scientific research. It is equipped with multi-disciplinary laboratory cabinets for experiments of fluid physics, materials and combustion science, basic physics and aerospace technology.

Credit: China National Space Administration (CNSA)/China Central Television (CCTV)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 40 seconds

Release Date: November 1, 2022

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