Members of the Tianzhou2 mission describe the docking between the Tianzhou2 cargo spacecraft and the Tianhe Core Module as “China’s first fast automatic rendezvous and docking”. The Tianzhou2 cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the Tianhe Core Module on 29 May 2021, at 21:01 UTC (30 May, at 05:01 China Standard Time). Tianzhou2 (天舟二号) is the first spacecraft to dock to the Tianhe Core Module (天和核心舱), the first and main component of the China Space Station (中国空间站).
Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China National Space Administration (CNSA)