China Launches Module for First Space Station Into Orbit

China successfully launched its first space lab module into orbit in an impressive nighttime display.The unmanned Tiangong 1 module lifted off on a Chinese Long March 2F rocket at 9:16 p.m. Local Time (1316 GMT/9:16 a.m. EDT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The spacecraft launched just days before China's National Day holiday, which occurs Saturday (Oct. 1)."It’s absolutely an accomplishment," said Victoria Samson of the Secure World Foundation, an organization

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