China's Shenzhou-19 Spaceship Docks with Space Station Combination

Beijing, 30 Oct (ONA) —- China's Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination today, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

The spaceship made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe.

The astronaut trio aboard the spaceship will then enter the Tianhe module. Meanwhile, the Shenzhou-18 crew members are ready for their arrival.

The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China early today.

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