#Tianhe core module

The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern China's Hainan province, April 29, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

Tianhe, the core module of China's space station, was sent into space on April 29, 2021. Its successful launch marked China’s space station construction program’s entry into the full implementation stage, laying a solid foundation for the ensuing verification stages of key technologies and the assembly of the space station.