China's Shenzhou-13 spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts docked on October 16 at its space station, kicking off a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost.

The spacecraft was launched by a Long March-2F rocket at 12:23 a.m. on October 16 and docked with the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station at 6:56 a.m., approximately six and a half hours later.
China's Shenzhou-13 spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts docked on October 16 at its space station, kicking off a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost. The spacecraft was launched by a Long March-2F rocket at 12:23 a.m. on October 16 and docked with the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station at 6:56 a.m., approximately six and a half hours later.
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China's Shenzhou-13 spacecraft docks for 6-month mission
The crew will do three spacewalks to install equipment in preparation for expanding the station; assess living conditions in the Tianhe module and conduct experiments in space medicine and other fields
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