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Heavenly Harmony launch

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You have to give them credit for coming up with great names for their vehicles / boosters:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-china-mai ... space.html
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Assembly of Chinese space station begins with successful core module launch

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From SpaceFlightNow.com:
"Chinese officials confirmed the successful launch of the first element of the country’s space station early Thursday, laying the keystone to a permanently-inhabited orbiting habitat that could welcome its first astronauts this summer."

https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/04/29/a ... le-launch/

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Re: Assembly of Chinese space station begins with successful core module launch

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From SpaceNews.com:
"China launches Tianhe space station core module into orbit"

https://spacenews.com/china-launches-ti ... nto-orbit/

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