China's Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship docks with space station combination
Xinhua, April 25, 2025 Adjust font size:
This image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on April 24, 2025 shows the Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship docking with the space station's core module Tianhe. China's Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination late on Thursday night, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
China's Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination late on Thursday night, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The spaceship made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 11:49 p.m. (Beijing Time). The whole process took approximately 6.5 hours, said the CMSA.
The astronaut trio aboard the spaceship will then enter the Tianhe module. Meanwhile, the Shenzhou-19 crew members are ready for their arrival.
The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China earlier on Thursday. ■