Re-cap: Shenzhou 11 Spacecraft Dock With Tiangong 2 Space Lab
436 views · Published 19 October 2016 · 2:11 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: People's Daily, China 人民日报 · 2016 · News & Politics
Two Chinese astronauts have arrived at the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, in a mission aimed at developing China's space power capabilities. The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft blasted off from northern China on Monday, and docked with Tiangong 2 at 03:24 Beijing time (19:24 GMT Tuesday). Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong will be spending the next 30 days in space conducting experiments. It marks the longest space mission by Chinese astronauts. The docking took place 393km (244 miles) above Earth and the remotely controlled procedure lasted about two hours.
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