Delivery to space! Unpacking China's Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft

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China's Shenzhou-19 astronauts opened the hatch door of the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft and began to move supplies and equipment to China's space station Tiangong in orbit on Saturday morning.  The Long March-7 Y9 rocket carrying the spacecraft blasted off on Friday night from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, according to the China Manned Space Agency.  On Saturday morning, the Tianzhou-8 cargo craft successfully docked at the rear docking port of the Tianhe core module.  #ChinaSpace #Tianzhou8 #SpaceExploration #Shenzhou19

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00:00China launched the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft from the southern island province of Hainan on Friday to send supplies to its space station.

00:08Now the three astronauts on board are unpacking their special package from the Earth.

00:13The cargo, which weighs around six tons, includes supplies for the astronauts, fuel, application experiments and test equipment,

00:22with more than 400 kilograms of scientific application supplies, but there's more to the delivery than science.

00:29The spacecraft also brought festive cheer, special supplies for the crew to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival,

00:36China's biggest traditional holiday in January.

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