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| Photo taken on June 13, 2013 shows the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center showing the three Chinese astronauts waving hands at the Tiangong-1 space module. China's Shenzhou-10 manned spacecraft successfully completed an automated docking with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space module at 1:18 p.m. Thursday and the astronauts Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping opened the hatch of Tiangong-1 at 4:17 p.m. (Xinhua/Wang Yongzhuo) |
BEIJING, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Astronauts of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft entered Tiangong-1, the space module, on Thursday afternoon, said the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
The astronauts Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping opened the hatch of Tiangong-1 at 4:17 p.m. Thursday.
The spacecraft successfully completed an automated docking procedure with the orbiting Tiangong-1 at 1:18 p.m. Thursday.
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