According to the China Manned Space Office, the Mengtian experimental module of the space station was successfully docked at 4:27 on November 1, 2022 Beijing time at the forward port of the Tianhe core module after being launched into orbit. The whole docking process lasted about 13 hours. Later, the Mengtian experimental module will be transposed as planned, and the Mengtian experimental module will form a basic configuration combination of "T" of the space station with Tianhe core module and Tianwen experimental module. At 15:37 on October 31, 2022, Beijing time, the Long March 5B Remote IV carrier rocket carrying the Mengtian experimental module of the space station ignited and launched on time at Wenchang Space Launch Site in China. About 8 minutes later, the Mengtian experimental module and the rocket successfully separated and entered the scheduled orbit, making the launch mission a complete success. The Mengtian experimental cabin is the third and second scientific experimental cabin of the China Space Station. It is composed of a working cabin, a load cabin, a cargo airlock and a resource cabin. The takeoff weight is about 23 tons. It is mainly used to carry out space science and application experiments, participate in the management of the space station assembly, and the cargo airlock can support the automatic entry and exit of cargo, providing support for scientific experiments inside and outside the cabin. IT House learned that this is the 25th flight mission of China's manned space project since its inception and implementation, and also the 446th flight of Long March series carrier rockets. With the launch of the Mengtian experimental module into orbit, rendezvous and docking with the Tianhe core module and complete the transposition, the Chinese space station will form a three module "T" basic configuration. At that time, the construction of the Chinese space station with Tianhe core module, Tianwen experimental module and Mengtian experimental module as the basic configurations will be completed, and the integration of three modules will be completed. (Liu Xinshe)
Edit：Li Jialang Responsible editor：Mu Mu
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