China’s first cargo spacecraft docks with space lab

ALong March 7 orbital launch vehicle carrying China’s cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 is seen shortly before lift off from its launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in Wenchang, southern China’s Hainan Province, on April 20, 2017. A Chinese rocket successfully sent the country’s first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, into space from the southern island province of Hainan on April 20. FRED DUFOUR / AFPChina’s first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, successfully completed docking with an orbiting space lab on Saturday, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center said.

The Tianzhou-1 was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province Thursday evening and began to approach the space lab, Tiangong-2, Saturday morning.
It made first contact with the space lab at 12:16 pm on Saturday (04:16 GMT) and docking was completed at 12:23 pm.

POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE
DATE:04/22/2017

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