Launch of Tianzhou-1 mission gets the cargo delivery programme off the ground to help build and supply the country’s orbiting space station

China took a big step forward in its space programme on Thursday night when it launched its first cargo spacecraft.

The Tianzhou-1 space freighter blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on Hainan at 7.41pm mounted on a Long March 7 rocket.

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