China News Service, Jiuquan, October 16 (Ma Shuaisha) According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, the Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft successfully completed its orbital status setting after its orbit, on October 16, 2021, Beijing time 6 At time 56, the autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking mode was adopted to successfully dock with the radial ports of the core cabin of Tianhe, forming a four-cabin (ship) combination with the previously docked Tianzhou-2 and Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft, and the entire rendezvous and docking The process lasted about 6.5 hours.
According to the mission implementation plan, three astronauts will then enter the Tianhe core module from the Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft.
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