2017年CRI China's first cargo spacecraft launched

 

China's first cargo¹ spacecraft, the Tianzhou-1, was launched on Thursday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province.

Tianzhou-1 is the first cargo ship independently developed by China and is expected to dock with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab and conduct an in-orbit refueling.

The cargo spacecraft will also carry out experiments, including one on non-Newtonian gravitation, before returning to earth.

1 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。