4月29日11時23分，中國空間站天和核心艙發(fā)射升空，準確進入預定軌道，任務取得成功。中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平致賀電，代表黨中央、國務院和中央軍委，向載人航天工程空間站階段飛行任務總指揮部并參加天和核心艙發(fā)射任務的各參研參試單位和全體同志致以熱烈的祝賀和誠摯的問候。

Xi said in the message that the successful launch of the core module Tianhe marks that China's space station construction has entered the full implementation stage, which lays a solid foundation for follow-up tasks.
習近平在賀電中指出，天和核心艙發(fā)射成功，標志著我國空間站建造進入全面實施階段，為后續(xù)任務展開奠定了堅實基礎。

He noted that building a space station and national space laboratory is an important goal of the three-step strategy of China's manned space program, and an important leading project to boost the country's strength in science and technology, as well as in space.
建造空間站、建成國家太空實驗室，是實現(xiàn)我國載人航天工程“三步走”戰(zhàn)略的重要目標，是建設科技強國、航天強國的重要引領性工程。

In the message, Xi said he hopes all members of the mission, through self-reliance and innovation, will be completely successful in their space station construction mission and make new and greater contributions to building a modern socialist country in an all-around way.
希望你們自立自強、創(chuàng)新超越，奪取空間站建造任務全面勝利，為全面建設社會主義現(xiàn)代化國家作出新的更大的貢獻！

Premier Li Keqiang and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee Wang Huning, both also members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, watched the launch at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
中共中央政治局常委、國務院總理李克強，中共中央政治局常委、中央書記處書記王滬寧在北京航天飛行控制中心觀看發(fā)射實況。

The congratulatory message was read aloud by Zhang Youxia, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice CMC chairman, at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan province.
中共中央政治局委員、中央軍委副主席張又俠在海南文昌航天發(fā)射場現(xiàn)場宣讀了習近平的賀電。

The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site at 11:23 a.m. (Beijing Time).
4月29日11時23分，長征五號B遙二運載火箭搭載著天和核心艙發(fā)射升空。

China's space station is a crewed space station independently built and operated by China. It consists of three modules: the core module Tianhe, and the Wentian and Mengtian lab modules. Tianhe is the management and control center of the space station, and it is the first space station module launched into orbit.
中國空間站是中國獨立自主建造運營的載人空間站，由天和核心艙、問天實驗艙、夢天實驗艙三個艙段構成。天和核心艙是空間站的管理和控制中心，是發(fā)射入軌的第一個空間站艙段。

According to the mission schedule, China will complete the construction of the space station in orbit in 2022. The station will have the ability to carry out long-term scientific and technological experiments and explore space resources in low-Earth orbit.
根據(jù)任務安排，空間站計劃于2022年完成在軌建造，具備長期開展近地空間有人參與科學實驗、技術試驗和綜合開發(fā)利用太空資源能力。