The country expects to complete construction of its space station, called Tiangong, next year. April 29, 2021 In this image taken from undated video footage run by China’s CCTV via AP Video, a rendering of a module of a Chinese space station is shown. Credit: CCTV via AP Video Advertisement On April 29, China completed yet another milestone in its ambitious and growing space program when it sent a core module of the space station it is building into outer space. Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that the module, called Tianhe, was carried to space using a Long March-5B Y2 rocket, which lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan province at 11:23 a.m. local time.