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[b]Shenzhou 16 crew docks at, enters space station[/b] The three taikonauts aboard China's Shenzhou 16 spacecraft entered the country's space station and met with the Shenzhou 15 crew on Tuesday (May 30), starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover. The Shenzhou 15 crew opened the hatch at 6:22 p.m. Beijing Time (6:22 a.m. EDT). The three space station occupants greeted the new arrivals, and they took group pictures. The space get-together — the second such in-orbit crew rotation for China's space station — came after the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft autonomously docked to Tianhe, the station's core module, at 4:29 p.m. Beijing Time (4:29 a.m. EDT). According to the China Manned Space Agency, the six astronauts will live and work together for about five days to complete planned tasks and handover work.
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