China prepares to launch Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft

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The combination of Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft and Long March-7 Y8 carrier rocket was rolled out to the launchpad in Wenchang Space Launch Site in South China’s Hainan Province.
All facilities in the Wenchang spaceport are in good conditions and testing work is underway for the first China Space Station mission in 2024, the Global Times learned from the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Meanwhile, according to the Tiangong television, a vlog series documenting the life and work inside the China Space Station were also seen. The current Shenzhou-17 crew members are now busy sorting the goods onboard and preparing for the incoming Tianzhou-7 cargo.
Tianzhou-7 will deliver about 90 kilograms of fruits, daily essentials for Shenzhou-17 and Shenzhou-18 taikonauts as well as supplies for environmental control and life support system to the China Space Station, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported.
The space station environmental control and life support system is functioning normally in orbit, with the oxygen recycling rate reaching 100 percent and that for water reaching 95 percent, Yin Rui, deputy commander-in-chief for the Chinese astronaut system, told the CCTV.