China's first cargo spacecraft docks with orbiting space lab

Saturday, April 22, 2017 - 01:02 in Astronomy & Space

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's first cargo spacecraft docked successfully with the Tiangong-2 space lab on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, marking a major step toward Beijing's goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022.

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