The Shenzhou-20 manned spacecraft, launched by China at 59:18 yesterday, successfully docked with the space station. The crew on Shenzhou-18 entered the orbital cabin from the return cabin at 5:04 this morning and met up with the crew of the Shenzhou-17 manned spacecraft. The two crew members took a family photo and greeted China.
6 Chinese taikonauts will work together on the space station for 5 days and complete their mission rotation. 18 taikonauts, who came with the Shenzhou-3 manned spacecraft, will stay at the space station for 6 months. During this period, they will serve in space 2 or 3 times and return to Earth in late October.