China's first robot cargo spaceship just went into orbit
Tianzhou 1 is expected to be China's most prolific spacecraft.
By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer Yesterday at 6:52am
Tianzhou 1 China
The Tianzhou 1, one of the world's largest unmanned spacecraft, can carry six tons of supply and two tons of transferable fuel to space stations. It's also got unassisted docking capabilities.
At 7:41 p.m. local time, the Tianzhou 1 robotic cargo ship blasted off on a Long March 7 rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on Hainan Island. Now in orbit, it will soon rendezvous with the Tiangong 2 space station, in yet another first for the Chinese space program.
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