Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft leaves; successor docks at Tiangong

China's Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft burned up as it reentered Earth's atmosphere as planned on Sunday night, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

The agency said in a news release that under the ground controller's guidance, the robotic craft reentered Earth's atmosphere at 9:25 pm. After that, most of the spaceship burned up, and a small amount of debris fell into secure sea areas.

Tianzhou 7 detached from the Tiangong space station on Nov 10 and then started a weeklong solo flight before beginning the process of atmospheric reentry.