Tiangong-1

Drawing of Tiangong-1

Tiangong-1 was China's first space station. It was launched into orbit in 2011 and stayed in space until 2018. Three spacecraft visited the station when it was in orbit. These included two missions with people.

It was followed by Tiangong-2 which was China's second space station.

Tiangong-1 Media

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  Animation of Tiangong-1's orbit from 1 February 2018 to 2 April 2018.     Tiangong- 1     Earth

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  Diagram of Tiangong-1 (left) docked to a Shenzhou spacecraft (right).

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  The three members of Shenzhou 9's crew. Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut, is shown on the right.

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  Map of Tiangong-1's orbits in June 2013.

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  Altitude of Tiangong-1 from March 2017

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  Final orbit above the Pacific Ocean with 1 minute markers

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  Map showing the probability of re-entry of Tiangong 1 by latitude. Latitudes shaded red were most likely; latitudes shaded green were least likely. Areas outside possible re-entry latitudes are not pictured.