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By Zhao Lei<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China launches the core capsule of its space station at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Thursday morning, April 29, 2021. [Photo by Guo Wenbin \/ Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin undertook mankind’s first space journey, China launched the core capsule of its space station on Thursday morning, formally embarking on the buildup of one of the humanity’s largest and most sophisticated space-based facilities.

As the countdown ticked down to zero at 11:23 am at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, 10 engines at the bottom of a Long March 5B heavy-lift carrier rocket roared to life, generating a thrust power of 1,068 metric tons to lift the 18-story-tall vehicle through thick rain clouds covering the coastal city of Wenchang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Zhao Lei China launches the core capsule of its space station at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Thursday morning, April 29, 2021. [Photo by Guo Wenbin \/ Provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin undertook mankind’s first space journey, China launched the core capsule […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2185,"url":"https:\/\/www.govisachina.com\/zh\/2021\/05\/07\/consumer-goods-expo-opens-in-hainan\/","url_meta":{"origin":2169,"position":0},"title":"Consumer goods expo opens in Hainan","author":"Visa China","date":"5\u6708 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By chinadaily The first China International Consumer Products Expo kicked off in Haikou, South China's Hainan province, on Thursday. 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