China Manned Space Agency said the spacecraft re-entered at 7:49am Beijing time on Thursday, with a small amount of surviving debris landing in designated safe waters.
The cargo craft had separated from the orbiting Tiangong space station combination on Wednesday before entering an independent flight phase ahead of re-entry.
Launched from Wenchang in Hainan on 15 July 2025, Tianzhou-9 carried astronaut supplies, propellant and experiment equipment for China's space station mission.
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