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Detailed explanation-1: -’Sky Palace’), officially the Tiangong space station (Chinese: ; pinyin: Tiāngōng kōngjiānzhàn), is a permanently crewed space station constructed by China and operated by China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) in low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km (210 and 280 mi) above the surface.

Detailed explanation-2: -On Nov. 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from China’s Gobi Desert carrying three taikonauts – the Chinese word for astronauts. Six hours later, they reached their destination, China’s recently completed space station, called Tiangong, which means “heavenly palace” in Mandarin.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tiangong, (Chinese: “Heavenly Palace”) any of a series of three Chinese space stations, the first of which was launched on September 29, 2011. The first two Tiangongs were each an 8, 500-kg (18, 700-pound) cylinder that was 3.4 metres (11.2 feet) in diameter.

Detailed explanation-4: -China recently completed construction of its three-module, T-shaped Tiangong space station and conducted its first crew handover, seeing the Shenzhou-14 mission astronauts welcome aboard three new astronauts from Shenzhou-15.

Detailed explanation-5: -With this successful mission, China has become just the third nation to operate a permanent space station. China’s space station is an achievement that solidifies the country’s position alongside the U.S. and Russia as one of the world’s top three space powers.