(EyesonSci) CHINA-SHENZHOU-14-DOCKING (CN)
(220605) -- BEIJING, June 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Technical personnel monitor China's Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship docking with the radial port of the space station core module Tianhe at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on June 5, 2022.
China's Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the combination of the space station core module Tianhe, the Tianzhou-3 cargo craft and the Tianzhou-4 cargo craft on Sunday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The spaceship, launched on Sunday morning, conducted a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the Tianhe module at 5:42 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time), after autonomously changing its orbit for six times, said the CMSA.
The whole process took approximately 7 hours, the CMSA said.
Three astronauts aboard Shenzhou-14 -- Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe -- will then enter the Tianhe module as planned, it said. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
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