China launches third and final module for unmanned space station
WENCHANG, China (NBC) - China launched the last of the three modules that will comprise its new space station, the second permanently inhabited outpost in low-earth orbit after the NASA-led International Space Station.
The uncrewed Mengtian, or "Dreaming of the heavens," module had launched atop China's most powerful rocket, The Long March 5B.
From the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in the southern island province of Hainan just after at 7:30am.
Additionally, Mengtian will spend 13 hours in flight before reaching Tiangong.
There it will provide space for science experiments in zero gravity.
An airlock for exposure to the vacuum of space, and a small robotic arm to support extravehicular payloads.
