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China's Shenzhou-18 Mission Docks With Space Station Combination China's Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).The spaceship, launched at 20:59 Thursday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, conducted a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 03:32 Friday (Beijing Time).The whole process took approximately 6.5 hours, said the CMSA.The astronaut trio aboard Shenzhou-18 will then enter the Tianhe module, where the three astronauts of the Shenzhou-17 crew are ready for their arrival.