CHINA / SOCIETY By GT staff reporters Published: May 20, 2021 12:53 PM Photo: Courtesy of CALT The postponement of the launch of the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, which was announced by China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday early morning due to “technical reasons” at a post-fuel stage of the mission, was seen by many space observers as a normal practice in the aerospace industry worldwide made out of safety considerations. Mounted on a Long March-7 Y3 carrier rocket, the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft was originally slated to be launched at around 1 am on Thursday and to head to China’s Tianhe space station core cabin, which was launched into orbit on April 29, for a supply run. However, the launch was scrubbed per a CMSA announcement released by around 1:15 Thursday, with the new time for launch “yet to be determined.”