<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">"Aside from the core module, the pressurized modules of the current Tiangong space station will consist of two laboratories, Mengtian ("heavenly dreams") and Wentian ("heavenly quest"), which will be launched over the next few years. The design of each of these laboratory modules will be based on Tiangong-2's facilities.</p><div id="gmail-bordeaux-static-slot-16" style="margin:auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:flex"></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Unlike the International Space Station, where the bulk of electrical power to all modules is supplied by large <a href="https://www.space.com/spacewalking-astronauts-deploy-second-space-station-solar-array" class="gmail-hawk-link-parsed" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(54,105,201);text-decoration-line:none">solar arrays</a> on purpose-built gantries, on Tiangong each module launched carries its own solar array.</p><div id="gmail-bordeaux-static-slot-17" style="margin:auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:flex"></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Once complete, Tiangong will weigh over 60 tonnes, be capable of hosting three astronauts for extended stays in space, and will have the capacity to support future spacewalks and science experiments. These can be mounted both inside the pressurized modules or on deployable racks outside in space."</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.space.com/tiangong-china-space-station-what-to-expect">https://www.space.com/tiangong-china-space-station-what-to-expect</a><br></p></div>