14 September 2016, 11:54 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Ten days after its launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center the lab is ready to dock with Shenzhou-11 in what will simulate the docking of a future space station, Xinhua news agency reported.
According to the report, The Shenzhou-11 will transport two astronauts into space, who will move to the laboratory after the docking and work there for 30 days.
In April 2017, China plans to sent a space cargo ship Tianzhou-1 to deliver supplies to the space laboratory.
