Thursday, October 27, 2016

Tiny Satellite Beams Back Photos of China's Tiangong-2 Space Lab

Tiny Satellite Beams Back Photos of China's Tiangong-2 Space LabA tiny satellite has provided the first good look at China's orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab. Tiangong-2 launched on Sept. 15, and two astronauts aboard a spacecraft called Shenzhou-11 docked with the vehicle last week. On Sunday (Oct. 23), these two crewmembers, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, deployed a 104-lb. (47 kilograms) satellite from the orbiting complex.


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