BEIJING - The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou XX spaceship have entered the country's space station and met with another astronaut trio in the early hours of Friday, starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover.
The Shenzhou XIX crew opened the hatch at 1:17 am (Beijing Time) and greeted the new arrivals, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
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The six crew members then took group pictures for the sixth space get-together in China's aerospace history.
They will live and work together for about five days to complete planned tasks and handover work, the CMSA said.
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The Shenzhou XIX crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on April 29.
