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China launches new cargo mission to space station
By Xinhua Published: May 10, 2023 09:27 PM
This photo taken on May 7, 2023 shows the combination of the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft and a Long March-7 Y7 carrier rocket transferred to the launching area in south China's Hainan Province. The combination of the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft and a Long March-7 Y7 carrier rocket has been transferred to the launching area. The cargo spacecraft will be launched in the near future at an appropriate time. (Photo by Huang Guochang/Xinhua)

This photo taken on May 7, 2023 shows the combination of the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft and a Long March-7 Y7 carrier rocket transferred to the launching area in south China's Hainan Province. The combination of the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft and a Long March-7 Y7 carrier rocket has been transferred to the launching area. The cargo spacecraft will be launched in the near future at an appropriate time. (Photo by Huang Guochang/Xinhua)


 
China launched a new cargo mission on Wednesday night to transport supplies to its orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

Carrying the Tianzhou-6 cargo craft, a Long March-7 Y7 rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan.