China launches first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1
WENCHANG, CHINA: A Chinese rocket successfully sent the country's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, into space from the southern island province of Hainan on Thursday.
Fuelled by liquid oxygen and kerosene, the Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket blasted off from Hainan's Wenchang Space Launch Center at 7:41 pm (11:41 GMT).
Hundreds of spectators who had been waiting to observe the launch since the afternoon cheered and clapped in the stands.
Journalists and local hobbyists with long-range zoom lenses snapped…