China News Agency, Beijing, June 6 (Ma Shuisha) According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, the Shenzhou 14 astronaut crew successfully opened the Tianzhou-4 cargo compartment at 11:9 on June 6, Beijing time. The hatch, after completing the environmental inspection and other preparations, successfully entered the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft at 12:19.
Next, the astronaut crew will also enter the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft.
In the follow-up, the astronaut crew will carry out related work such as cargo transfer as planned.
At 10:44 on June 5th, the Shenzhou 14 manned spacecraft was successfully launched, which is the third manned mission in the Chinese space station stage; at 17:42 on the 5th, the Shenzhou 14 manned spacecraft adopted an autonomous rapid rendezvous. In the docking mode, after 6 autonomous orbit changes, it was successfully docked with the radial port of the Tianhe core module. The entire docking process lasted about 7 hours.
After the rendezvous and docking was completed, the Shenzhou 14 astronaut crew entered the orbital module from the spacecraft's return module.
After completing all preparations according to the procedure, astronaut Chen Dong successfully opened the door of the Tianhe core module. At 20:50 on June 5, Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe all entered the Tianhe core module in turn.
The Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft was launched on May 10 and successfully docked with the rearward port of the Tianhe core module of the space station.
It is loaded with materials such as consumables, propellants, applied experimental (test) devices and sample materials, spare parts and partial loads for the three astronauts of Shenzhou 14 to stay in orbit for 6 months.
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