China launches cargo craft for space station supplies

STORY: China launches cargo craft for space station supplies DATELINE: May 10, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: Wenchang, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-4 STORYLINE: China launched cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-4 on Tuesday to deliver supplies for its space station which is scheduled to wrap up construction this year. The Long March-7 Y5 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-4, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Like previous cargo flights, Tianzhou-4 carries three categories of supplies, including six-month living supplies for astronauts, spare parts for space station maintenance, and space research equipment, said Bai Mingsheng, chief designer of Tianzhou cargo craft from the China Academy of Space Technology. Tianzhou-4 will dock with the combination of the space station core module Tianhe and the Tianzhou-3 cargo craft later, the CMSA