China News Service, Jiuquan, June 17 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, at 18:48 on June 17, Beijing time, astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo entered the Tianhe core capsule one after another, marking The Chinese entered their space station for the first time.

  At 9:22 in the morning, the Long March 2 F Yao 12 carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft was ignited and launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, successfully sending three astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo into space.

This is the 19th mission since the establishment and implementation of China's manned space project and the first manned mission in the space station stage.

  At 15:54, the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft adopted the autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking mode after it entered orbit, and successfully docked at the forward port of the Tianhe core cabin, forming a three-cabin (ship) with the previously docked Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft ) Combination.

From the launch of the Shenzhou XII spacecraft to the completion of the rapid rendezvous and docking with the Tianhe core module, the entire process took about 6.5 hours.

  After the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft successfully realized the autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking with the Tianhe core module, the crew of the astronauts entered the orbital module from the return module.

After completing the preparations according to the procedures, the node compartment door and the core compartment door were opened successively. At 18:48 on June 17, Beijing time, the astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo entered the Tianhe core compartment one after another, marking the Chinese Entered his own space station for the first time.

In the future, the astronaut crew will carry out related work as planned.

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