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[b]Shenzhou-18 docks, astronauts enter space station[/b] The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-18 spaceship have entered the country's space station and met with another astronaut trio on Friday (April 26), starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover. The Shenzhou-17 crew opened the hatch at 5:04 a.m. Beijing Time (5:04 p.m. EDT or 2104 GMT on April 25). The three space station occupants greeted the new arrivals, and they took group pictures. The space get-together of the two crews kicked off the fourth in-orbit crew rotation in China's space station. 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. The Shenzhou 18 spacecraft docked with the radial port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 3:32 a.m. Beijing Time (3:32 p.m. EDT or 1932 GMT on April 25), approximately 6.5 hours after launch.
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