On Sunday morning, three Chinese astronauts, or taikonauts, arrived at the Tianhe core module of the unfinished Tiangong space station, where they will stay for six months to assist finish its construction. The Shenzhou 14 spacecraft launched from the Gobi Desert’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Saturday at 10:44 PM ET (10:44 AM local time) and docked with Tianhe at 5:42 AM ET (5:42 PM local time).
