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Tianzhou-7 cargo craft docks with China Space Station

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Tianzhou-7, a Chinese cargo spacecraft, completed its status setting and docked with the orbiting China Space Station on January 18, said the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

At 01:46 a.m. Beijing Time, Tianzhou-7 docked at the rear docking port of the Tianhe core module. The Shenzhou-17 crew members onboard the space station will gradually transfer the items from the cargo craft to the space station. Customized cargo packages for experiment payloads and other large-scale goods, each weighing over 100 kilograms, were also sent for use in the operation of the space station, space science experiments, and taikonaut life support.

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