China launches its longest-ever crewed mission for space station construction

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China launches its longest-ever crewed mission for space station construction​

China successfully launches its three-person crewed spaceship Shenzhou-13 for a six-month mission. Shenzhou-13 will rendezvous and dock with the in-orbit combination composed of space station core module Tianhe and cargo craft Tianzhou-2 and Tianzhou-3.

 

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Shenzhou-13: Seeing-off ceremony held for three Chinese astronauts​

 

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China's Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship docks with space station module​

China's Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the radial port of the space station core module Tianhe on Saturday.

 

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It's reported that after this launch, the Chinese space station can host 6 astronauts, more capacity will be added with future launches and China welcomes foreign countries and astronauts to join the Chinese space station project.

 

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3 Chinese astronauts entered the main chamber of the Chinese Space Station

 

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Good luck to Taikonauts

 

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Former NASA astronaut's message to first female taikonaut to CSS: Space is for women too​

 

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Actually NASA got it wrong, China's first famale Taikonaut is Liuyang who entered the Chinese space station in 2012