The Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Thursday. The spaceship made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station’s core module Tianhe at 5:46 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time). The astronaut trio aboard the spaceship will replace three other Shenzhou-16 taikonauts who are wrapping up a six-month stay in orbit.    (Story on P4)  Xinhua