Earlier in the day, China launched the Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in north-central China’s Gansu Province.
247 – China’s manned space agency Shenzhou-16 with three astronauts on board successfully docked in the main cabin of Tiangong Space Station on Tuesday. Sputnik. The team includes the first civilian astronaut.
Docking took place at 16:29. The agency said Beijing time (08:29 GMT) and the flight took 6.5 hours. The agency added that the second rotation of the orbital crew should take place, followed by the departure of the Shenzhou-15 crew to Earth, while the Shenzhou-16 crew will work at the space station for about five months.
Earlier in the day, China launched the Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in north-central China’s Gansu Province.
China’s first manned space mission in 2003 made it the third country, after the former Soviet Union and the United States, to put a person in space under its own power.
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