Chinese astronauts enter core module of future space station in historic first for Beijing

Three Chinese astronauts

Three Chinese astronauts have entered the core module of the country’s future space station in a crucial step towards its completion, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced.

The trio – Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo – successfully boarded the Tianhe (or ‘Harmony of the Heavens’) module at 6:48pm Beijing time on Thursday (10:58am GMT).

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