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China's Tianzhou-5 cargo craft separated from the orbiting space station combination at 4:46 p.m. on Monday (Beijing Time) and switched to independent flight after completing all assigned tasks, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The ship will conduct a controlled reentry into the Earth's atmosphere on Tuesday, during which most parts of the ship will burn out.
The rest of the ship will fall into a designated safe zone in the southern Pacific Ocean.
Launched in November 2022, the ship carried supplies for the Shenzhou-15 manned mission to the China Space Station. The payload also included equipment for scientific research.
The Tianzhou-5 also separated from the space station on May 5, 2023 and re-docked 33 days later as a technical verification process.
(Cover: A 3D simulation image of the Tianzhou-5 cargo ship. /CMSA)
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