On CNSA –China National Space Administration The Tianzhou-9 cargo spacecraft has been launched From Wenchang Spacecraft launch Center, Hainan province, China, People’s Republic of China.. the July 2025 towards the Tiangong-China Space Station.. At 5:34 am on July 15, 2025 Beijing time, the Long March 7 Yao-10 carrier rocket carrying the Tianzhou-9 cargo spacecraft ignited and launched at China’s Wenchang Space Launch Center. About 10 minutes later, the Tianzhou-9 cargo spacecraft successfully separated from the rocket and entered the predetermined orbit. After that, the spacecraft’s solar panels were smoothly deployed, and the launch was a complete success. Subsequently, the Tianzhou-9 cargo spacecraft will rendezvous and dock with the space station complex in orbit.
[Tiangong: Your “space express” has been sent! ]
The Tianzhou-9 cargo spacecraft is loaded with astronauts’ in-orbit consumables, propellants, application (test) equipment and other materials. This mission is the fourth cargo supply mission after China’s manned space program entered the space station application and development stage. It is the 36th launch mission since the project was approved and implemented, and it is also the 584th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets…
The Tianzhou-9 cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch approximately 6 tons of supplies, which will mainly be used to ensure the necessary items for the two batches of astronauts, Shenzhou 20 and Shenzhou 21, to live and work in orbit.
The Shenzhou 20 crew got up early to watch the launch of the Tianzhou9
Tianzhou-9 will launch two new extravehicular suits, which are independently developed by China. Its design life has been greatly increased from the original 15 times in 3 years to 20 times in 4 years. In addition, the space gym equipment of the Chinese space station will be upgraded again. This time, a new core muscle training device will be launched to help astronauts avoid muscle atrophy in the microgravity environment of space. In addition, two cutting-edge space science experimental devices will also be launched…
[Arrival in 3 hours! 天舟九号货到家 ]
The 天舟九号 cargo spacecraft successfully completed the status setting after entering orbit, and successfully docked at the rear port of the Tianhe core module of the space station at 8:52 am on July 15, 2025 Beijing time. After the rendezvous and docking is completed, Tianzhou 9 will enter the combined flight phase.
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