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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: -Six hours later, they reached their destination, China’s recently completed space station, called Tiangong, which means “heavenly palace” in Mandarin. The three taikonauts replaced the existing crew that helped wrap up construction.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the month of May 2020, the first maiden flight by China’s Long March-5B carrier rocket was completed, and then, the rocket launched the Tianhe core module of the China Space Station (CSS) in the year April 2021. China carried out a series of missions from 2020 to 2022 to build its first space station.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main function of the Tiangong station is to perform research on life in space. There is a particular focus on learning about the growth and development of different types of plants, animals and microorganisms, and there are more than 1, 000 experiments planned for the next 10 years.