Full coverage: China Tiangong-2 Space Lab Launch
JIUQUAN, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday launched space lab Tiangong-2 into space, paving the way for a permanent space station China plans to build around 2022.
China's space lab Tiangong-2 roars into the air on the back of a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 15, 2016. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua)
In a cloud of brown smoke, Tiangong-2 roared into the air underneath a mid-autumn full moon from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the back of a Long March-2F rocket, trailing a vast volume of flame.
