The test equipment system requirements lab has a sufficiently largeplane and three-dimensional space, used for the equipment installation and testing.

JIUQUAN, Gansu - China will launch the country's first space laboratory module between 9:16and 9:31 pm on Thursday, paving the way for its own space station, a spokesperson confirmed.

Space Shuttle Endeavour has launched on an ambitious mission to deliver a new science laboratory and robotic system to the International Space Station.