Why is it called Tiangong No.1?

The name "Tiangong No.1" is reminiscent of the story of "Making a scene in Heaven" in The Journey to the West, one of the four classical novels in ancient China. In addition, "Tiangong" is a popular name for the unknown space of the Chinese nation. Therefore, naming the target aircraft "Tiangong-1" should be welcomed by Chinese people. This plane is actually the prototype of the space experimental station. From "Shenzhou 7" to "Shenzhou 10", it is a test of astronauts' space experiment ability and technical maturity of docking space experiment station. Then there is the third step of manned spaceflight project-to realize the establishment of a space experimental station for cooking. Manned spacecraft and cargo spacecraft will be launched alternately. The scientific name of Tiangong-1 is "Target Aircraft", because several subsequent shenzhou spaceship ships will dock with it to improve the rendezvous and docking technology of the aircraft. In the words of professionals, "Tiangong-1" is not only the target aircraft of space rendezvous and docking, but also a simple space laboratory. China will use this platform to carry out relevant technical experiments in the space laboratory.

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