{"id":349067,"date":"2025-11-01T12:49:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=349067"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:19:52","slug":"tiangong-heavenly-palace-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tiangong-heavenly-palace-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiangong (\u201cHeavenly Palace\u201d) Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; China launched its Shenzhou-21 mission, carrying a new crew\u2014including its youngest astronaut\u2014to the Tiangong (\u201cHeavenly Palace\u201d) Space Station aboard a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Launch Centre.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_349068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349068\" style=\"width: 402px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-349068\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DDnews.png?resize=402%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Heavenly Palace\u2019 space station\" width=\"402\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DDnews.png?w=878&amp;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DDnews.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DDnews.png?resize=768%2C447&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- DDnews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; background-color: #f7f2f2;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>About the Shenzhou-21 Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mission Duration<\/strong>: The crew will stay in orbit for six months, taking over operations from the Shenzhou-20 team.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scientific Objective<\/strong>: Notably, this mission has carried four black mice, the first small mammals on board the Chinese space station, to study reproduction in microgravity \u2014 a crucial experiment for long-term human space habitation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1458\">About Tiangong Space Station: \u201cHeavenly Palace\u201d<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1607\">China\u2019s own permanently crewed space station<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"1611\" data-end=\"1636\">Low Earth Orbit (LEO)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>To build a permanent and reliable space station in Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/li>\n<li>To ensure the health and safety of astronauts living there for long durations.<\/li>\n<li>To create a platform for scientific and technological research in space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1976\" data-end=\"1998\"><strong data-start=\"1976\" data-end=\"1996\">Size &amp; Capacity:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"2003\" data-end=\"2132\">Much <strong data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2062\">smaller than the International Space Station (ISS)<\/strong>, Tiangong consists of <strong data-start=\"2085\" data-end=\"2107\">three main modules<\/strong>, compared to ISS\u2019s 16.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2137\" data-end=\"2214\">It weighs about <strong data-start=\"2153\" data-end=\"2168\">80\u2013100 tons<\/strong>, roughly <strong data-start=\"2178\" data-end=\"2200\">one-fifth the mass<\/strong> of the ISS.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2219\" data-end=\"2330\">Designed to host <strong data-start=\"2236\" data-end=\"2256\">three astronauts<\/strong> for up to <strong data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2281\">six months<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"2287\" data-end=\"2305\">six astronauts<\/strong> during crew handovers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>&#8211; The station functions as a space laboratory, equipped with 23 experiment racks for studies in:\n<ul>\n<li>Space life sciences and biotechnology<\/li>\n<li>Microgravity physics and combustion<\/li>\n<li>Material science in space<\/li>\n<li>Fundamental physics under microgravity conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; China launched its Shenzhou-21 mission, carrying a new crew\u2014including its youngest astronaut\u2014to the Tiangong (\u201cHeavenly Palace\u201d) Space Station aboard a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Launch Centre. About the Shenzhou-21 Mission Mission Duration: The crew will stay in orbit for six months, taking over operations from the Shenzhou-20 team. 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