Chinese space station’s delayed cargo ship has a date with a giant robotic arm

The cargo spacecraft whose launch was postponed by China this week will have an important role in testing robotic technology helping to build the country’s space station. Tianzhou 2, an uncrewed cargo ship and the second of 11 missions being sent up to complete Tiangong Space Station, had been expected to lift off from the southern island of Hainan early on Thursday, only for Chinese space authorities to delay it for “technical reasons”, without giving a new launch date. More

(Source: South China Morning Post - May 22)