China successfully launched the Tianhe core module from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan, on April 29.

The Tianhe core module is the largest and most complicated spacecraft independently developed by China. It can support astronauts carrying out different scientific and technical experiments in space.

The Tianhe core module is the basis, while the next two modules will be assembled later in orbit to form the complete Chinese space station.