China Claims Shortest Docking Time Record With Tianzhou-5 Mission

Tianzhou-5

Tianzhou-5 docks with Tiangong space station.

Credit: China Manned Space Agency
SINGAPORE—China’s Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft has set a new record for the shortest time between launch and space station docking, the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST) says. On Nov. 12, the Tianzhou-5 was launched from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on China’s Hainan island by a Long...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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