China's Shenzhou-12 astronauts enter space station core module

This photo taken on June 17, 2021 at Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center shows China's Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship docking with the front docking port of the space station core module Tianhe, forming a three-module complex with the cargo craft Tianzhou 2. - Xinhua

JIUQUAN/BEIJING (Xinhua): The three Chinese astronauts onboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship entered the country's space station core module Tianhe on Thursday (June 17), according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

After Shenzhou-12 successfully completed a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the orbiting Tianhe module, the Shenzhou-12 crew entered the orbital capsule from the return capsule of the spaceship.