British News Agency

The three astronauts aboard the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft entered the Chinese Space Station at 19:34 Beijing time, meeting with the Shenzhou-16 crew.

According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft, after launching into orbit, docked with the forward segment of the station's Tianhe core module at 17:46 Beijing time.

The Shenzhou-17 spacecraft was launched into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 11:14 Beijing time today.

The two crews, totaling six astronauts, will work and live together on the space station for approximately 4 days. The Shenzhou-16 crew will later return to Earth.