06 June 2022
After a fast automated rendezvous and docking with 6 orbital manoeuvres, the Shenzhou 14 crew docked with the radial port of the Tianhe module of the Chinese Space Station core module on 5 June at 17:42 BJT. The whole process took approximately 7 hours. By 20:50 BJT, Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe had entered the Tianhe module.
After environmental and system checks and the first night on board, the taikonauts opened the hatch of the Tianzhou 4 cargo craft and entered it on 6 June at 12:19 BJT, starting with unpacking the cargo spaceship. The crew will also enter the Tianzhou 3 cargo craft, and carry out cargo transfer and other related work as planned.
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