page_title: Tiangong program
section_title: Tiangong-1 "target vehicle"
hierarchical_section_title: Tiangong program / Details / Space laboratory phase / Tiangong-1 "target vehicle"
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Kresba stanice Tchien-kung 1 (vlevo) s připojenou lodí Šen-čou (vpravo). Myslíte-li si, že neodpovídá realitě, napište na diskuzní stránku. Kresba je založena na tomto obrázku. English: Drawing of Shenzhou docked to Tiangong-1. If you believe its inaccurate than start a topic in the discussion page. Drawing is based on this image
context_page_description: Tiangong is a space station program of the People's Republic of China, with the goal of creating a modular space station, comparable to Mir. This program is independent and unconnected to any other international space-active countries. The program began in 1992 as Project 921-2.
  As of January 2013, China moved forward on a large multiphase construction program that will lead to a large space station around 2020.
  China launched its first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, on September 29, 2011. Following Tiangong-1, a more advanced space laboratory complete with cargo ship, dubbed Tiangong-2, was launched on September 15, 2016. The project will culminate with a large orbital station, which will consist of a 20-ton core module, 2 smaller research modules, and cargo transport craft. It will support three astronauts for long-term habitation and was scheduled to be completed by 2020 just as the International Space Station was at that time scheduled to be retired, but this has since slipped to 2024.
context_section_description: The Chinese docking target consists of a propulsion (resource) module and a pressurized module for experiments, with a docking mechanism at either end. The docking port of the experiment section supports automated docking. Its length is 10.5 metres (34 ft), diameter is 3.4 metres (11 ft), with a mass of 8,000 kilograms (18,000 lb). Launched on September 29, 2011, it was intended for short stays of a crew of three. The second docking port, on the propulsion module, was kept screened from press photography inside and outside the module. It re-entered and burned up in the atmosphere on April 2, 2018, at 00:16 UTC.
caption: Drawing of Shenzhou docked to Tiangong-1
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