The Tianzhou ( Chinese : 天舟 ; pinyin : Tiān Zhōu ; lit. 'Heavenly Ship') is a Chinese automated cargo spacecraft developed from China's first prototype space station Tiangong-1 to resupply its modular space station . It was first launched ( Tianzhou 1 ) on the Long March 7 rocket from Wenchang on April 20, 2017 and demonstrated autonomous propellant transfer ( space refueling ).
6-564: Tianzhou or Tian Zhou may refer to: Tianzhou (spacecraft) , automated cargo vessel derivative of Tiangong-1 Tianzhou 1 , 2017 mission of the Tianzhou spacecraft Tianzhou language Tianzhou (田州镇 tián-zhōu-zhèn), a town in Tianyang County , Baise, Guangxi, China See also [ edit ] Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve Zhoutian (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
12-532: A consultation for the naming of the prospective cargo ship on April 25, 2011. By May 20, it had received more than 50,000 suggestions. On July 8, Yang Liwei , China's first astronaut and deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that they had a short list of ten names. On October 31, 2013, it was revealed that the spacecraft had been named Tianzhou ( Chinese : 天舟 ; pinyin : Tiān Zhōu ; lit. 'Heavenly Boat'), combining
18-471: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tianzhou (spacecraft) The first version of Tianzhou has a mass of 13,500 kg and can carry 6,500 kg of cargo. Tianzhou-6 is the first improved version of the spacecraft to be launched into orbit; it has a mass of about 14,000 kg and can transport 7,400 kg of cargo. Based on the Tiangong-1 space station,
24-608: The Chinese names of the Tiangong ( Chinese : 天宫 ; pinyin : Tiān Gōng ) space stations and the Shenzhou ( Chinese : 神舟 ; pinyin : Shén Zhōu ) spacecraft . They also stated that they would use the two letter identification TZ . Tianzhou spacecraft were initially flown to the Tiangong space station every 6 months. From Tianzhou 6 onward, missions have been flown with
30-414: The Tianzhou functions as the main automated cargo spacecraft for the Tiangong space station . It has pressurized, semi-pressurized and unpressurized cargo capabilities, and is able to transport airtight cargo, large extravehicular payloads and experiment platforms. It was first launched on the new Long March 7 rocket from Wenchang on April 20, 2017. The China Manned Space Engineering Office opened
36-412: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tianzhou . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tianzhou&oldid=841990749 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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