China’s Tianzhou 6 cargo ship lifts off on Tiangong space station mission

China’s Tianzhou 6 cargo ship lifted off on a resupply mission to the country’s Tiangong space station on Wednesday night – the first since the station was completed in November. The uncrewed ship – carrying 7.4 tonnes of fuel, food and other supplies – was launched on top of a Long March 7 rocket from the Wenchang spaceport in southern China’s Hainan island at 9.22pm, according to the China Manned Space Agency. More

(Source: South China Morning Post - May 11)