Outer Space: Chinese robotic spacecraft docks with the country's new space station

A robotic spacecraft docked with China's new space station on Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew.

China's space agency said the Tianzhou-2 spacecraft reached the Tianhe station eight hours after blasting off from Hainan, an island in the South China Sea.

It carried space suits, living supplies, equipment and fuel for the station.

Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, is the third and largest orbital station launched by China's increasingly ambitious space programme.

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