FOCUS | China launches Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship for new engineering, scientific breakthroughs-Xinhua
FOCUS | China launches Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship for new engineering, scientific breakthroughs
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-11-01 05:20:15
This image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 1, 2025 shows the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship conducting a fast, autonomous rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- After entering orbit, the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship made a fast, autonomous rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 3:22 a.m. (Beijing Time). The whole process took approximately 3.5 hours, said the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The astronaut trio aboard the Shenzhou-21 spaceship will then enter the Tianhe module. Meanwhile, the Shenzhou-20 crew members are ready for their arrival.
The Shenzhou-21 mission has set a new milestone -- the fastest rendezvous and docking ever achieved in the history of Shenzhou missions.
Technical personnel monitor the rendezvous and docking of Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship with the space station at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)This simulated image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 1, 2025 shows the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship conducting a fast, autonomous rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)This simulated image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 1, 2025 shows the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship conducting a fast, autonomous rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)Technical personnel monitor the rendezvous and docking of Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship with the space station at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)This simulated image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 1, 2025 shows the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship conducting a fast, autonomous rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)This image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 1, 2025 shows the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship conducting a fast, autonomous rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)■
