Shenzhou-17 Manned Spaceship and Space Station Combination Completes Fast Automated Rendezvous and Docking

2023-10-26

Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship entered orbit and successfully docked with the nadir port of Tianhe Core Module of the space station at 17:46 on 26th October, 2023. The entire docking process took approximately 6.5 hours.

According to the plan of the mission, the three astronauts will enter the Tianhe Core Module of space station from the Shenzhou-17 Manned Spaceship. The Shenzhou-16 crew prepared to welcome the arrival of the Shenzhou-17 crewmate.

（Editor：Zekang Liu）