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China's cargo spacecraft re-enters Earth's atmosphere, mostly burns up

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China's Tianzhou-2 cargo craft entered the Earth's atmosphere under ground control at 6:40 p.m. Beijing Time, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Thursday.

XinhuaUpdated:  April 1, 2022
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Photo taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on March 31, 2022 shows a simulation image of the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft. China's Tianzhou-2 cargo craft entered the Earth's atmosphere under ground control at 6:40 p.m. Beijing Time, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Thursday. Most of the spacecraft burned up during the process, while a small amount of the debris fell into the intended area of safe water in the South Pacific, said the agency. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)

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