The Mengtian lab module docks with China's Tiangong space station combination. - Xinhua
BEIJING (Xinhua): The Mengtian lab module has successfully docked with China's Tiangong space station combination, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Mengtian, Tiangong's second lab module, docked with the front port of Tianhe, the space station's core module, at 4:27am Tuesday (Nov 1 - Beijing Time) after it entered the planned orbit, the CMSA said. The whole process of rendezvous and docking took approximately 13 hours.
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