On June 17, 2021 at 07:54 UTC the Chinese "Shenzhou-12” manned spacecraft successfully completed an automated docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the new space station. The “Tianhe” (天和 – “Harmony of the Heavens”), core module has four docking ports, unlike China's two previous space stations which had only one. The spacecraft delivered 3 Chinese cosmonauts to the station: Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, Tang Hongbo.