Designers complete work on unmanned spacecraft
By Zhao Lei | China Daily | Updated: 2014-09-05 08:39
China has finished designing its first cargo spacecraft, which will ferry supplies and fuel to the nation's future multi-cabin, manned space station.
The design and technology of the unmanned Tianzhou cargo spacecraft have been approved by an expert panel from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp and the China Academy of Space Technology, company sources said.
Chinese scientists and engineers will soon begin building a production-model Tianzhou.
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