Focus | China's cargo craft Tianzhou-9 docks with space station Tiangong-Xinhua
Focus | China's cargo craft Tianzhou-9 docks with space station Tiangong
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-07-15 14:50:15
This image captured at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 15, 2025 shows China's cargo craft Tianzhou-9 docked at the rear docking port of Tianhe, the core module of China's space station Tiangong. (Photo by Zhou Keyi/Xinhua)
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The cargo craft Tianzhou-9 successfully docked at the rear docking port of Tianhe, the core module of China's space station Tiangong, on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Such process was conducted at 8:52 a.m. (Beijing Time) after the Tianzhou-9 entered its orbit and completed its status setting, according to the agency.
The Shenzhou-20 crew members onboard the space station will enter the cargo craft and transfer the payloads as scheduled.
This image captured at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 15, 2025 shows China's cargo craft Tianzhou-9 approaching the orbiting Tiangong space station. (Photo by Zhou Keyi/Xinhua)This simulated image captured at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 15, 2025 shows China's cargo craft Tianzhou-9 as it conducts docking with the orbiting Tiangong space station. (Photo by Zhou Keyi/Xinhua)This simulated image captured at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 15, 2025 shows China's cargo craft Tianzhou-9 as it completes docking with the orbiting Tiangong space station. (Photo by Zhou Keyi/Xinhua)This image captured at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 15, 2025 shows China's cargo craft Tianzhou-9 approaching the orbiting Tiangong space station. (Photo by Zhou Keyi/Xinhua)■
