The Tianzhou 4 freighter docked with the Tianhe core module about 6.5 hours after lifting off.
from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province.
The 35-foot-long Tianzhou 4 delivered thousands of pounds of supplies, propellant and science experiments to the currently unoccupied Tianhe to help prepare the module for the upcoming Shenzhou 14 crewed mission.Shenzhou 14 will send three astronauts to the 54-foot-long Tianhe for a roughly six-month stay. The mission is expected to lift off next month.
Tianhe has been a popular destination since its launch in April 2021; the core module has already been visited by two crewed missions and three cargo craft . The first Tianzhou cargo mission, in case you were wondering, launched to China's Tiangong 2 prototype space laboratory in 2017. Tiangong 2 was intentionally deorbited to burn up in
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