CASC lauded the “complete success” of the mission boosting China’s “space transportation technology from one-time use to repeated use”

US space agency NASA said Beijing had not shared the "specific trajectory information" needed to know where possible debris might fall

The rocket's entire main-core stage has reached low orbit and is expected to tumble back toward Earth once atmospheric friction drags it downward, possibly on Sunday

The Long March-5B Y3 rocket will carry the laboratory module, which will include robotic arm, large solar panels and an airlock to Tiangong