China Readies Next Space Lab for September Launch

Chinese news agencies report that the country's second orbiting space lab — Tiangong-2 — was delivered over the weekend by rail from Beijing to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away in the Gobi Desert. According to a statement from China's manned space engineering office, the vessel will undergo assembling and testing processes at the center in preparation for its mid-September launch. Tiangong-2 will be China's second orbiting space lab, and