China's sci-tech museum unveils model of Tianhe module

By Zhang Rui
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Students, teachers, experts and museum personnel pose for a group photo in front of a 1:1 model of the Tianhe core module, the foundational element of the Tiangong space station, during a science popularization event held at China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, April 29, 2021. [Photo courtesy of China Science and Technology Museum]

As China launched the core module, named Tianhe, of its self-developed space station into orbit on April 29, China Science and Technology Museum unveiled a 1:1 model of the module in Beijing.

More than 300 teachers and students were invited to the museum to witness the launch on the big screen. After the launch, they visited the model and learned about it and other related aerospace science and technology knowledge in a specially designed science popularization event, narrated by the aerospace experts. Many were left in awe at the scale of the module.

The model is 16.6 meters long, has a maximum diameter of 4.2 meters, and weighs 22.5 tons. 

The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan at 11:23 a.m. (Beijing Time). Tianhe will be the control hub of the space station Tiangong, which means "Heavenly Palace." China's Tianhe launch kicked off a series of key launch missions that aim to complete the construction of the station by the end of next year.

The model of Tianhe module will continue to exhibit at China Science and Technology Museum. A spokesperson for the museum said it was hoped the event and the exhibition will build a platform for the public, especially young people, to closely interact with the aerospace industry, promote young people's understanding of China's aerospace industry, and enhance their scientific literacy.

China Science and Technology Museum also unveiled two brand new exhibition halls on Friday under the themes of "Earth" and "Energy" for the Labor Day holiday. This year, the museum will launch many more science popularization events, science camps, museum and campus cooperative activities, and a new big screen science film about humanity's mission to Mars.

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