China News Agency, Moscow, October 14th. According to the website of the Russian National Aerospace Corporation, the Russian "Soyuz MS-17" manned spacecraft took off on the 14th. It took 3 hours and 3 minutes to complete the docking with the International Space Station. The shortest time record for docking with the International Space Station.
On the same day, the spacecraft was carried by a "Soyuz-2.1a" rocket, and entered the scheduled orbit after being launched from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan at 8:45 on the 14th Moscow time.
After being separated from the rocket, the "Soyuz MS-17" spacecraft flew around the earth 2 times in the fast docking mode, caught up with the International Space Station, and successfully docked with its "Dawn" experimental module.
The source said that the spacecraft carried two Russian astronauts and one American astronaut.
Three astronauts have entered the International Space Station.
They will stay on the International Space Station for 177 days.
The two Russian astronauts will conduct a number of studies and plan to find the location of the air leak on the International Space Station.
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