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‘Space Class’ Among Aims of Chinese Taikonauts Who Left Earth Today
Riding atop a fiery Long March rocket, three taikonauts blasted off from Earth today (June 11) to kick off an…
China’s Shenzhou-9 and Crew Return to Earth
China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and its three-member crew has returned to Earth with a jarring, rolling ground landing in Inner Mongolia…
Shenzhou-9 Crew Docks and Enters Chinese Spacelab
The crew of the Chinese Shenzhou-9 spacecraft docked today with the Tiangong-1 mini-spacelab and the three taikonauts entered the small…
China to Send Its First Woman to Space on June 16
China will launch a three-person crew on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 10:37 UTC (6:37 a.m. EDT) on board a…
Shenzhou-8 lands after China’s 1st Space Docking propelling Ambitious Human Spaceflight Agenda
[/caption] China’s historic first docking mission in space ended in a complete success today (Nov. 17) following the safe landing…
China completes 2nd Docking to Space Lab and sets Path to Manned flights in 2012
[/caption] Chinese space prowess took another major leap forward today (Nov. 14) when the unmanned Shenzhou-8 capsule successfully re-docked with…
China Technology Surges Forward with Spectacular First Docking in Space
http://youtu.be/_CAvIeYO5jM Video Caption: Live Video of Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 docking in Earth orbit. Photos below. Credit: CCTV commentary/CMSE China’s technological…
China launches Shenzhou-8 bound for Historic 1st Docking in Space
[/caption] China today launched the Shenzhou-8 capsule on a historic mission to accomplish the nation’s first ever docking in space…
Bizarre Video: China’s Tiangong 1 Space Lab Animation set to ‘America the Beautiful’ Soundtrack
http://youtu.be/arCsVh-NePM The Guardian newspaper in England is reporting that China’s state run television, CCTV, and China’s space agency released a…