Note: Only forum leaders may delete posts.
*HTML is ON *UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend
Smilies Legend
[b]Shenzhou-17 docks, taikonauts enter space station[/b] The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-17 spaceship have entered the country's space station and met with another astronaut trio on Thursday, starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover. The Shenzhou-16 crew opened the hatch at 7:34 p.m. (Beijing Time) [7:34 a.m. EDT (1134 GMT)]. The three space station occupants greeted the new arrivals, and they took group pictures. Preceding the crew's arrival, Shenzhou-17 made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 5:46 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time) [5:46 a.m. EDT (0946 GMT)]. The whole process took approximately 6.5 hours, said the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The space get-together of the two crews kicked off the third in-orbit crew rotation in China's space station. According to the CMSA, the six astronauts will live and work together for about four days to complete planned tasks and handover work.
Contact Us | The Source for Space History & Artifacts
Copyright 1999-2024 collectSPACE. All rights reserved.