Tianhe (space station module)

The Tianhe (Chinese: 天和; pinyin: Tiānhé; lit. 'Harmony of the heavens'), code name TH, or Tianhe Core Module (TCM) is the foremaist module tae launch of the Chinese lairge modular space station. 'Twas launched intae orbit oan 29 april 2021, as the foremaist launch o the final phase o Tiangong Progrum (Project 921), pairt o the Chinese space program.

The TCM follows in the footsteps o Salyut, Skylab, Mir, international space station, Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2 space stations. It's the foremaist module o a third-generation Chinese modular space station. Ither examples o' modular station projects include the Soviet/Russian Mir, Russian OPSEK, and the International Space Station. Operations wull be controlled fae the Beijing aerospace command and control center in the People's Republic of China.

In 2018, a fullscale mockup o TCM wis publicly presented at China International Aviation & Aerospace exhibition in Zhuhai. In Ochtober 2020, Cheena selected 18 freish astronauts ahead o the space station construction tae participate in the country's space station project.