Two astronauts from Shenzhou-12 have successfully completed the second space walk in the country’s history on Saturday. China’s first space walk was made in 27th September 2008 during the Shenzhou-7 mission where Zhai Zhigang spent 20 minutes outside the spacecraft. Three astronauts blasted off ground last month to become TianGong’s station first crew, spending 3 months in the station. Two ...
China’s first crewed spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts has successfully docked at the country’s first ever space station – Tiangong. The spacecraft, Shenzhou-12, is a long March-2F rocket, launched at 9:22am Beijing time from the Gobi desert. Shenzhou-12 arrived and docked with the Tianhe module (part of Tiangong space station) approximately 7 hours later after the launch. The crew will spend ...