Foreign media praise launch of first cargo spacecraft
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-04-21 16:51
Great leap
China today successfully launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft, taking another great leap towards realizing the Communist nation's ambition to have a permanently manned space station by 2022.
--Press Trust of India
'Crucial' step
China takes 'crucial' step towards building its own SPACE BASE with a successful cargo spacecraft launch
-- Mirror
Tianzhou demonstrates China's capability
A successful mission for the Tianzhou 1 vehicle will demonstrate China's capability of cargo transport and refueling of an orbiting space station.
-- Nasa Spaceflight
Related Stories
- Are human space babies conceivable? Tianzhou-1 experiment may give clue
- Scientists to test medicine for bone loss on Tianzhou-1
- Tianzhou-1 spacecraft: Nuts and bolts
- Blast off for Tianzhou 1, China's first cargo spacecraft
- Good weather expected for Tianzhou-1 space launch
- Nation's first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 readied for launch
