Xinhua Headlines: Bidding farewell to Tiangong-2, China prepares for space station
(WorldNews China)

By Xinhua writers Yu Fei, Quan Xiaoshu and Li Guoli BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- After orbiting the earth 16,209 times, it burned itself into ashes, flaming out in a dazzling display as its last gift to humanity. China`s space lab Tiangong-2 reentered the earth`s atmosphere under control Friday night, with a small amount of its debris falling into the predetermined safe sea area in the South Pacific, the China Manned Space Agency said. Tiangong-2`s controlled reitem into the atmosphere marks the successful completion of all the tasks in the space lab phase in China`s manned space program, said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China`s manned space program. `It`s hard to say goodbye to...