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Tianzhou-8 spacecraft delivers supplies, key experiments to Tiangong space station

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A cargo spacecraft has arrived at China 's Tiangong space station.

The Tianzhou-8 spacecraft launched atop a Long March 7 rocket from the coastal Wenchang spaceport.

The spacecraft docked with the space station’s aft port at 1:32 p.m. Eastern ( 1832 UTC ) The spacecraft is carrying around 6,000 kilograms of supplies.

Most of this is dedicated to supporting the Shenzhou-19 crewed mission, which launched Oct. 29 .