News Article

The rocket, along with the Wentian lab which was already transported to Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, will be assembled and tested at the launch site.

China launched cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-4 on Tuesday to deliver supplies for its space station which is scheduled to wrap up construction this year.

China's Long March-7 Y5 rocket, which will launch the new cargo craft for the country's space station, arrived at the launch site in the southern island province of Hainan on Monday.

Companies are encouraged to take part in the commercial program, which will boost aerospace development. So there will be no barrier for ordinary people to enter the space station in the future, Yang said.

China successfully conducted a transposition test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft using its space station's robotic arm Thursday morning.