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July 02, 2013

Twilight for Tiangong
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 28, 2013
The return to Earth of China's Shenzhou 10 spacecraft has wrapped up an important chapter in spaceflight. China has now completed all crewed activity with Tiangong 1, the nation's first space laboratory. Tiangong 1 has had a long and busy service record since its launch in 2011, and the laboratory has now completed all of the major tasks assigned to it. Tiangong 1 is now in its twilight phase, but this does not mean that its story is complete. Tiangong 1 is the first step in a long-term program to ... read more

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