ISTANBUL
\nThree Chinese astronauts, locally called Taikonauts, successfully entered a lab module on Monday, China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said in a brief statement.
\n\u201cThe astronauts of Shenzhou-14 manned spaceship, who entered the Tianhe core module of the space station, has successfully opened the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft,\u201d the statement said, adding the astronauts made an environmental inspection and other preparations.
\nKnown as Wentian, it is the first lab module of China\u2019s space station launched on Sunday, which has since successfully docked with the combination of the Tianhe core module, the CMSA said. China aims to fully establish its independent space station in a few months.
\nThe astronauts will also enter the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft and carry out cargo transfer and other related work as planned, the CMSA said. It is the first time Chinese astronauts have entered a lab module in orbit.
\nAccording to the CMSA plan, the astronauts will carry out in-orbit works including \u201cintegrated attitude control of the space station and tests on Wentian\u2019s small robotic arm as well as the larger robotic arm on the core module.\u201d
\n\u201cIt is the first time that China\u2019s two 20-tonne-level spacecraft conducted rendezvous and docking in orbit, and also the first time that space rendezvous and docking were carried out during the astronauts\u2019 in-orbit stay in the space station,\u201d the CMSA added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISTANBUL Three Chinese astronauts, locally called Taikonauts, successfully entered a lab module on Monday, China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said in a brief statement. \u201cThe astronauts of Shenzhou-14 manned spaceship, who entered the Tianhe core module of the space station, has successfully opened the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft,\u201d the statement said, adding the astronauts made an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-273516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n