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China launched the cargo spacecraft "Tianzhou-10" to the station "Tiangong"

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China has successfully launched the cargo spacecraft "Tianzhou-10" to the national space station "Tiangong". This was reported on May 11 by the Xinhua news agency, citing the Office of the Manned Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.

"At 8:14 a.m. (03:14 Moscow time) on May 11, the Changzheng-7 launch vehicle with the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft was launched from the Wenchang cosmodrome. After about 10 minutes, the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft successfully separated from the rocket and entered a preset orbit," the publication says.

It is noted that the ship's solar panels have opened normally, and it should dock with the orbital station in the near future. The cargo ship will deliver a spacesuit, fuel, supplies for astronauts and equipment for scientific experiments into orbit.

This is the 10th flight for the ships of the Tianzhou series. The current mission was the 39th launch under China's manned flight program and the 641st launch for the Changzheng series launch vehicles.

The New York Times (NYT) reported on April 5 that the new moon race began due to the interest of the United States, China and other countries in the Moon as a source of ice and helium.‑3. It was noted that today space agents are more interested in the poles of the Moon and its reverse side, which is not visible from earth. The main resource at the poles is ice, which can provide drinking water, rocket fuel, oxygen, and helium-3, a very rare substance on Earth.

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