China News Service, Jiuquan, June 17 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft successfully completed its orbital status setting after it entered orbit, at 15:54 on June 17th, Beijing time. , Using the autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking mode to successfully dock to the forward port of the Tianhe core cabin, forming a three-cabin (ship) combination with the previously docked Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft.
From the launch of the Shenzhou XII spacecraft at 9:22 on the 17th to the completion of autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking with the Tianhe core module, the entire rendezvous and docking process lasted about 6.5 hours.
This is the first rendezvous and docking with a manned spacecraft after the Tianhe core module was launched into orbit.
According to the mission implementation plan, three astronauts will then enter the Tianhe core module from the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft.
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