Chinese enter space orbiter for first time

Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Three Chinese astronauts floated into the cabin of an orbiting module Monday afternoon, becoming the first group of Chinese to enter an orbiter in space.

Jing Haipeng, followed by Liu Wang and Liu Yang, went into the space lab module Tiangong-1 from spacecraft Shenzhou-9 following a successful automatic docking procedure about three hours ago.

Live television broadcast showed the astronauts in blue uniform waved to the camera inside the Tiangong-1 after they entered the cabin.

They are the first tenants in the 15-square-meter cabin of Tiangong-1, known as "Heavenly Palace." (Xinhua-ANI)