1. China launched its first space laboratory , Tiangong 1, on September 29, 2011. 2. This would be an eight-ton space laboratory module with two docking ports. 3. 1976-Two Soviet cosmonauts return to Earth after 48 days in orbit in space laboratory . 4. China's first space laboratory , Tiangong-1 was launched in September 2011. 5. An unmanned derivative called Long March 2F / G carries the bulkier Tiangong space laboratories . 6. Spacelab would provide a multidisciplinary orbital space laboratory and additional space equipment for the Shuttle. 7. However, it was decided to abandon that plan and launch a small space laboratory instead. 8. It is planned to dock with the Tiangong-2 space laboratory in the first half of 2017. 9. The shuttle program experienced five space laboratory . 10. Originally, China planned to simply dock Shenzhou 8 and Shenzhou 9 together to form a simple space laboratory .