On November 29, 2022 at 21:42 UTC (On November 30 by Beijing time) the Chinese "Shenzhou-15” manned spacecraft successfully completed the docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the “Tiangong” space station. The spacecraft delivered 3 Chinese cosmonauts to the station: Fei Junlong (费俊龙), Deng Qingming (邓清明), Zhang Lu (张鹭). The new comers joined the current Tiangong expedition members - Chen Dong (陈冬); Liu Yang (刘洋); Cai Xuzhe (蔡旭哲).
For the first time in the Chinese space history, there are 6 cosmonauts on board a space station. Attachments: |