The recently-launched core module of China's Tiangong space station has moved to a rendezvous orbit to prepare for the planned docking with the Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship that will soon be lifted, the China Manned Space Agency said.
A Chinese cosmic ray observatory has found 12 sources of ultrahigh-energy photons and detected a photon with a record-breaking energy level of 1.4 peta-electron volt, or 1.4 million billion electron volts, according to a study published in the journal Nature on Monday.
China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spacecraft and its carrier rocket - a Long March 7 - were moved to the launchpad on Sunday morning, undergoing final tests before their planned launch in the coming days, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The lander carrying China's first Mars rover touched down on the red planet on Saturday, becoming the sixth such vehicle deployed on Mars.
China's first smart manufacturing plant for satellites went into operation in Hubei's provincial capital, Wuhan, on Thursday morning.
First time domestically built icebreaker carried out polar mission independently
Though China launched the first module of its manned space station into orbit on Thursday, the nation has conducted a large amount of preparatory work and accumulated experience through two previous space laboratory missions.
Commercial enterprises will have opportunities to take part in the construction and operation of the nation's space station, according to a senior space official.
