Editing Chinese space program (section)

====Space laboratory====
{{Main|Project 921-2}}
The second phase of the Project 921 started with [[Shenzhou 7]], China's first spacewalk mission. Then, two crewed missions were planned to the first Chinese space laboratory. The PRC initially designed the Shenzhou spacecraft with docking technologies imported from Russia, therefore compatible with the [[International Space Station]] (ISS). On September 29, 2011, China launched [[Tiangong 1]]. This target module is intended to be the first step to testing the technology required for a planned space station.

On October 31, 2011, a Long March 2F rocket lifted the [[Shenzhou 8]] uncrewed spacecraft which docked twice with the Tiangong 1 module. The [[Shenzhou 9]] craft took off on 16 June 2012 with a crew of 3. It successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 laboratory on 18 June 2012, at 06:07 UTC, marking China's first crewed spacecraft docking.<ref>{{cite news | author=Jonathan Amos | title=Shenzhou-9 docks with Tiangong-1 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18481806 | work=BBC | date=18 June 2012 | access-date=21 June 2012}}</ref> Another crewed mission, [[Shenzhou 10]], launched on 11 June 2013. The Tiangong 1 target module is then expected to be deorbited.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15523123|title=Chinese Shenzhou craft launches on key space mission| work= BBC News|date=October 31, 2011|access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref>

A second space lab, [[Tiangong 2]], launched on 15 September 2016, 22:04:09 (UTC+8).<ref>{{cite news | author=Katie Hunt and Deborah Bloom| title=China launches Tiangong-2 space lab| url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/asia/china-launches-tiangong-2-space-lab/| work=CNN | date=15 September 2016 | access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> The launch mass was 8,600&nbsp;kg, with a length of 10.4m and a width of 3.35m, much like the Tiangong 1.<ref name="Rui Barbosa">{{cite news | author= Rui Barbosa| title=China launches Tiangong-2 orbital module| url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/09/china-launch-tiangong-2-orbital-module/| work=NASASPACEFLIGHT.com | date=14 September 2016 | access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> [[Shenzhou 11]] launched and rendezvoused with Tiangong 2 in October 2016, with an unconfirmed further mission Shenzhou 12 in the future. The Tiangong 2 brings with it the POLAR gamma ray burst detector, a space-Earth quantum key distribution, and laser communications experiment to be used in conjunction with the Mozi 'Quantum Science Satellite', a liquid bridge thermocapillary convection experiment, and a space material experiment. Also included is a stereoscopic microwave altimeter, a space plant growth experiment, and a multi-angle wide-spectral imager and multi-spectral limb imaging spectrometer. Onboard TG-2 there will also be the world's first-ever in-space cold atomic fountain clock.<ref name="Rui Barbosa"/>