The Tiangong-1 space lab was launched in the Gobi desertA rocket carrying China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, has launched from the north of the country.The Long March vehicle lifted clear from the Jiuquan spaceport in the Gobi Desert at 21:16 local time (13:16 GMT).
The rocket's ascent took the lab out over the Pacific, and on a path to an orbit some 350km above the Earth.
The 10.5m-long, cylindrical module will be unmanned for the time being, but the country's astronauts, or yuhangyuans, are expected to visit it next year.
Tiangong means "heavenly palace" in Chinese.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Rocket launches Chinese space lab
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