Chinese astronauts enter new space station after 6.5 hour flight

Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo entered the space station core module Tianhe on June 17, 2021. They launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert and docked with the orbital outpost about 6.5 hours later.

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