The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-18 spaceship entered the China Space Station and met with the Shenzhou-17 crew on April 26, starting a new in-orbit crew handover.

Commander Ye Guangfu and crew members Li Cong and Li Guangsu reached their destination after the spaceship made a fast, automated rendezvous and docked with its core module Tianhe at 3:32 a.m. The space get-together kicked off the fourth in-orbit crew rotation in the China Space Station. According to the China Manned Space Agency, the six astronauts will live and work together for about five days to complete planned tasks and handover work.