17 June 2021
On 17 June, at 9:22 BJT (01:22 UTC) Shenzhou 12 manned mission launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. Taikonauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo are the crew. The SZ-12 spaceship is expected to conduct a fast autonomous rendezvous and docking with the in-orbit space station core module Tianhe, forming a complex with Tianhe and the cargo craft Tianzhou-2.
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Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship docks with space station module
SZ-12 successfully docked with the space station core module Tianhe on 17 June. After launch and entering the orbit, the spaceship completed orbital status setting and conducted a fast autonomous rendezvous and docking with the front docking port of Tianhe at 15:54 BJT.
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