The robotic Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft arrived recently at China's coastal Wenchang Satellite Launch Center ahead of an early 2024 launch on a Long March 7 rocket.
On Thursday evening, a SpaceX Falcon 9 is set to launch a pioneering laser data system and other experiments to the ISS, with live coverage available online.
Tianzhou 5, which docked with China's Tiangong space station just two hours after launching last November, has completed its orbital tasks and met its fiery fate.