China's first crewed space mission
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How would you like to float in space for 90 days? That's the reality of three taikonauts, China's astronauts, on a high-stakes mission. What are they up to?
It took just seven hours for China's first crewed mission to reach its space station core module.
The team members from the Shenzhou-12 are now spending their first full day aboard the Tianhe.
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