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Shenzhou XI spacecraft docks with Tiangong II space lab

(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-10-19 06:21 Comments

Shenzhou XI spacecraft docks with Tiangong II space lab

The graphics shows the procedure of Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft automated docking with Tiangong II space lab on Oct. 19, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]


BEIJING -- The Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft successfully completed its automated docking with the orbiting Tiangong II space lab at 3:31 am Wednesday Beijing Time, according to Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC).

Shenzhou XI, which was launched Monday morning from northwest China's Gobi Desert, began to approach Tiangong-2 automatically at 1:11 am Wednesday and made contact with the space lab at 3:24 am.

The rendezvous took place in the orbit about 393 kilometers above Earth.

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