China’s ambitious space program just hit another milestone! The Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft docked smoothly with the country’s Tiangong space station on Thursday, marking another leap in Beijing’s quest to establish a permanent presence in Earth’s orbit. The China Manned Space Agency confirmed the operation, which sets the stage for astronauts to conduct experiments and prepare for future missions.
Think of it like a high-stakes cosmic parking job —except instead of parallel parking, engineers navigated a 7.8-ton spacecraft traveling at 17,500 mph. The Shenzhou-20’s arrival adds fresh momentum to China’s plans to expand the Tiangong station by 2024, with hopes of hosting international science projects.
This mission also includes outreach efforts from the crew, featuring educational talks about life in microgravity —because who doesn’t want to see how water floats in space? The docking comes just weeks after China’s record-breaking lunar sample return mission, proving that the nation’s space ambitions are, well, sky-high.
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—except instead of parallel parking, engineers navigated a 7.8-ton spacecraft traveling at 17,500 mph. The Shenzhou-20’s arrival adds fresh momentum to China’s plans to expand the Tiangong station by 2024, with hopes of hosting international science projects.
—because who doesn’t want to see how water floats in space? The docking comes just weeks after China’s record-breaking lunar sample return mission, proving that the nation’s space ambitions are, well, sky-high. 
