China delays mission to its new space station

A Long March-7 carrying a Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft is moved to the launch area at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern China’s Hainan Province (Guo Wenbin/Xinhua via AP)

China has postponed a supply mission to its new space station for unspecified technical reasons.

The Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft was to have been launched early on Thursday morning. China Manned Space announced the delay on its website but did not say when the rescheduled launch would occur.