Spacecraft
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Docking
Two spacecraft joining in orbit.
Shenzhou reaches Tiangong in about 6.5 hours.
Related terms
- Payload — Whatever a rocket carries: a satellite, a crew vehicle, an experiment.
- Payload fairing — The nose shell protecting the payload, jettisoned above the atmosphere.
- Stage — A self-contained propulsion section, dropped when spent.
- Reusable — A launcher that flies again after recovery.