China's cargo spacecraft sets new world record

After the cargo craft entered the orbit, it traveled two hours and seven minutes to rendezvous with the Tiangong space station and then docked with the massive station at 12:10 pm, the agency said in a news release.

The maneuvers have become the fastest rendezvous and docking processes for spacecraft, replacing the old record set by Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-17 on Oct 14, 2020, when it used three hours and three minutes since its liftoff to rendezvous and connect with the International Space Station.