BEIJING — China’s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 is to be launched into space between April 20 and 24, according to the office of China’s manned space program.<\/p>\n
The cargo spacecraft was transferred with a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket from the testing center to the launch zone in Wenchang, southern China’s Hainan Province, according to a statement from the office Monday.<\/p>\n
The transfer took 2.5 hours.<\/p>\n
“The completion of the transfer signals the Tianzhou-1 mission has entered its launching stage,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
Technicians have performed several tests during the assembling of the spacecraft and rocket since February.<\/p>\n
In the following days, technicians will continue testing the spacecraft and rocket, and inject fuel before the launch, it said.<\/p>\n
Tianzhou-1 is the first cargo ship independently developed by the country. It is expected to dock with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab and conduct in-orbit refueling.<\/p>\n
The cargo spacecraft will also carry out space experiments, including one on non-Newtonian gravitation, before falling back to earth.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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