A Long March-2FT1 carrier rocket loaded with Tiangong-1 unmanned space lab module blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launche Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 29, 2011. (Xinhua/Wang Jianmin)
Photo taken on June 18, 2012 shows the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center showing Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang at the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module. (Xinhua/Zha Chunming)
The graphics shows the three steps of Chinese space rendezvous and docking. (Xinhua/Lu Zhe)
The graphics shows the procedure of Shenzhou-8 spacecraft docking with Tiangong-1 space lab module on Nov. 3, 2011. (Xinhua/Lu Zhe)
People look at a model of the Shenzhou-10 manned spacecraft docked with Tiangong-1 space lab module during an exhibition in Tianjin, north China, Nov. 9, 2013. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
The graphic shows the procedure of rendezvous and docking of Shenzhou-8 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 space lab module. (Xinhua/Lu Zhe)
A student asks questions to female astronaut Wang Yaping, who is aboard Tiangong-1 space lab module, at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, in Beijing, capital of China, June 20, 2013. (Xinhua/Wang Yongzhuo)
The graphics shows that China bids farewell to its Tiangong-1 space lab module on April 2, 2018. (Xinhua/Meng Lijing)
