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[b]Tianzhou-1 demonstrates in-orbit refueling[/b] China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft completed its first demonstration of on-orbit refueling on Thursday (April 27). The capability to refuel its spacecraft will help China to build a larger, permanent space station, the Xinhua news service reported. China is the third country, behind Russia and the U.S., to demonstrate on-orbit refueling of a spacecraft. Tianzhou-1's refueling of the Tiagong-2 space lab, under command of technicians on Earth, takes about five days. A second refueling demo is planned for June.
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