First Tianzhou cargo spacecraft built

[xenomorph555]

After much planning, designing, testing (including an engine hot fire test earlier this year) the first Tianzhou cargo spacecraft has been built, ready to supply China's great space stations which as of right now are still in construction BUT NO MATTER...

Anyway here it is entering the thermal, pressure testing chamber:

Now it should be noted that any crafts (manned or unmanned) that get T/P tested are at least a few months away from flight. This strengthens my theory that the first payload of the LM-7 rocket on it's maiden flight will be the Tianzhou, which should be launching very soon...

[Nibb31]

It seems big to be just a cargo spacecraft. It looks a lot like a Russian DOS module.

[Kryten]

It's a lot bigger than, say, Progress, but still a good bit smaller than HTV or ATV.

[B787_300]

so that is a giant vacuum chamber and autoclave?

[Tommygun]

Any chance it could be a multi purpose design?

That is, a cargo carrier and space station module.

[Kryten]

The same design was already used for Tiangong 1.

[xenomorph555]

The design was used for the Tiangong 1 and soon to be T-2 space labs. The design is also used for Tianzhou but is larger. The same design will again be used on the Mir class station as add-on laboratories.

As for this one being both a cargo ship and station, no they have a dedicated one (T-2) under construction.