(EyesonSci)CHINA-TWO MISSIONS-SIX ASTRONAUTS-SPACE-GATHERING (CN)
(221130) -- JIUQUAN, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This image captured at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows Chen Dong, the commander of the Shenzhou-14 crew, greeting the Shenzhou-15 crew at the airlock cabin of the space station's Tianhe module on Nov. 30, 2022.
The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-15 spaceship entered the country's space station and met with another astronaut trio on Wednesday, a historic gathering that added the manpower at the in-orbit space lab to six for the first time.
Chen Dong, the commander of the Shenzhou-14 crew, opened the hatch at 7:33 a.m. (Beijing Time). The three space station occupants greeted the new arrivals with warm hugs and then they took a group picture with their thumbs up, shouting in chorus -- "China's space station is always worth looking forward to." (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)
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