Oh, I did see in many CGs that Wentian has its own smaller arm:
Looks like the big arm on Tianhe and the little arm on Wentian can actually be joined together to form one super long arm if required. That's amazing.
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Looks like the big arm on Tianhe and the little arm on Wentian can actually be joined together to form one super long arm if required. That's amazing.
Woah!
The arm can be extended and it can also be detached and then attached to a different place wow
Like a modular Canadarm that can reassemble itself accordingly and attach on different parts of the space station. Japan have developed a similar "space arm" and so has the ESA and Roscosmos. All of them basically perform the same purpose and look very similar. However none seem to be as modular as this Chinese one.
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Seem like they are ready for docking
May 18, 2021
The recently launched core module of 's Tiangong space station has entered the planned rendezvous orbit. The China Manned Space Agency said the module is now preparing to dock with Tianzhou-2 cargo spaceship that's scheduled to be launched this week. The agency said in a statement on Tuesday that the core module named Tianhe, or Harmony of Heavens, has carried out a series of tests to verify its designs for rendezvous, docking operations, astronaut accommodation and experimental equipment. It said everything is in good shape. On Monday evening Beijing time, the Tianhe core capsule was observed flying over the moon.
Core module of Tiangong space station enters rendezvous orbit
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The recently launched core module of 's Tiangong space station has entered the planned rendezvous orbit. The China Manned Space Agency said the module is now preparing to dock with Tianzhou-2 cargo spaceship that's scheduled to be launched this week. The agency said in a statement on Tuesday that the core module named Tianhe, or Harmony of Heavens, has carried out a series of tests to verify its designs for rendezvous, docking operations, astronaut accommodation and experimental equipment. It said everything is in good shape. On Monday evening Beijing time, the Tianhe core capsule was observed flying over the moon.
That has been a running joke. The propaganda department is likely the worst unit in CCP. Sometimes its staff are like 猪队友。
Yes because China's propaganda machine is mostly directed inward and its purpose is to highlight the progress it has made. Foreign propaganda is aimed at maintaining their own grounds. China's propaganda focuses on the positives for the people within China and sometimes it spills out while foreign propaganda focuses on all the negatives and aimed for people in the west so they reject China and hate it. Sometimes it spills in to China particularly in more westernised parts of "empire" China (greater China) like HK and Taiwan - places that had a history of western colonialism and western political influence.
Official statement from Lunar Program office posted on May 18th.
- On 17th 8:00 Beijing Time, the orbiter fired the 4th deceleration burn and entered communication relay orbit (period 8.2 hours).
- Yesterday (17th), the lander and the orbiter established communication link.
The related segment from CCTV footage (7.5 min):
Developmental image of 500-ton kerolox high pressure supplementary combustion engine
【YF-130】500吨级液氧煤油高压补燃发动机研制画面
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