Published on: 2026-05-24
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
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Beijing, May 25 /Xinhua/ — The Chinese piloted spacecraft “Shenzhou-23” successfully docked with the main module of the Chinese orbital station “Tiangong” at 02:45 Beijing time on Monday. This was reported by the Office of the Chinese Manned Space Agency /CMSA/.
According to departmental data, the spacecraft performed a rapid automatic approach and docking with the radial docking node of the main module of the “Tianhe” station. The entire docking process took about 3.5 hours.
The crew of three cosmonauts aboard the ship will soon switch to the “Tianhe” module. Meanwhile, the members of the “Shenzhou-21” crew, who are aboard the space station, are already ready to meet the new colleague.
The spacecraft “Shenzhou-23” was launched on Sunday by the “Long March-2F” carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome in northwest China.
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