CGTN: Shenzhou-12 astronauts become first Chinese to enter a space station


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CGTN: Shenzhou-12 astronauts become first Chinese to enter a space station 19 giugno 2021 | 22.00 LETTURA: 2 minuti BEIJING, June 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Three Chinese astronauts entered their country's space station during the Shenzhou-12 mission, ending the history of no Chinese in space stations. The trio, Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo, entered the space station's core module "Tianhe" from the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft launched on Thursday, according to the China Manned Space Engineering Office. This came more than 20 years after the International Space Station (ISS) was launched, which does not allow Chinese astronauts to be onboard...