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China’s cargo spacecraft docks with orbital laboratory for 1st time
2017-04-23
[RT] China’s Tianzhou-1 space freighter has successfully docked with the Tiangong-2, the country’s orbital lab. The automatic procedure was the first in the nation’s fast-paced space exploration program.

The Tianzhou-1, China’s first robotic cargo spacecraft, was launched on Thursday evening from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province, Xinhua news agency reported.

The docking procedure was completed at 12:23pm on Saturday (04:23 GMT), the report cited the Beijing Aerospace Control Center as saying.
Posted by:Fred

#2  There was some argument about who ordered the General Tso's chicken, and whether the egg roll were included in the meal, but other that that, it was smoothly done.
They did, however, promise a 'massive display of force if they were made to use their anti-Domino's missile.
Posted by: ed in texas   2017-04-23 18:22  

#1  the report cited the Beijing Aerospace Control Center as saying

Prob need some independent verification
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-04-23 15:04  

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