Astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou 15 spaceship arrive at Space Station

This image captured at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows the manned spaceship Shenzhou 15 conducting a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the space station's Tianhe module on November 30, 2022. PHOTO XINHUA BEIJING - Three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou 15 spaceship entered the country's space station and met with another astronaut trio on Wednesday, a historic gathering that added the manpower at the in-orbit space lab to six for the first time.

The trio aboard Shenzhou 15 will enter the Tianhe module and the three astronauts of the Shenzhou 14 crew ready for the arrival of the crew of the Shenzhou 15 crew, said the China Manned Space Agency CMSA. It is the first time that Chinese astronauts aboard the space station have seen the visit of a crewed spaceship.

The Shenzhou 15 manned spaceship docked successfully with the space station combination, according to the CMSA.

The space station's Tianhe module launched on Tuesday night and docked with the front port of the space station's Tianhe module at 5: 42 am Wednesday, Beijing Time said.

This image captured at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows the crew of China's Shenzhou 14 manned spaceship observing the Shenzhou 15 spaceship on a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the space station's Tianhe module on November 30, 2022. PHOTO XINHUA The manned spaceship Shenzhou 15, atop the Long March 2 F Y 15 carrier rocket, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov 29, 2022. The whole process took about 6.5 hours, according to the CMSA.

The spaceship, atop the Long March 2 F Y 15 carrier rocket, blasted off at 11: 08 pm Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.