This image captured at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows the manned spaceship Shenzhou-15 successfully docking with the front port of the space station's Tianhe module on Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)
BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination early on Wednesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The spaceship, launched on Tuesday night, conducted a fast automated rendezvous and docked with the front port of the space station's Tianhe module at 5:42 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), said the CMSA.
The whole process took approximately 6.5 hours, the CMSA said.
This image captured at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows the crew of China's Shenzhou-14 manned spaceship observing the Shenzhou-15 spaceship conducting a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the space station's Tianhe module on Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)
This image captured at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows the manned spaceship Shenzhou-15 conducting a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the space station's Tianhe module on Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)
This simulated image captured at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows the manned spaceship Shenzhou-15 conducting a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the space station's Tianhe module on Nov. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)
Technical personnel monitor China's Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship conducting a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the space station's Tianhe module at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 30, 2022. (Photo by Ge Lixin/Xinhua)■
