One step closer to completion! A picture shows the growth process of China's space station

On October 31, the Long March 5B Yao-4 carrier rocket carrying the space station's Mengtian laboratory module was successfully launched.

At 4:27 a.m. on November 1, the Mengtian laboratory module of the space station completed rendezvous and docking with the space station complex in orbit. Subsequently, the Mengtian laboratory module will be transferred as planned, and the basic "T" configuration of the Chinese space station will be assembled in orbit.

How was the Chinese space station assembled and built from scratch? One picture will tell you↓↓↓

▌Source of this article: CCTV News WeChat Official Account (ID: cctvnewscenter)

Producer/Li Zhe

Editor-in-Chief/ Jiang Anqi Huang Xutian

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Proofreading/Gao Shaozhuo

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