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Old 06-24-2012, 07:38   #1
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China Shenzhou-9 spacecraft makes first manual docking

China Shenzhou-9 spacecraft makes first manual docking

Q - What's the difference between the US and Chinese Space programs?

A - They have a manned space program.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18567115

"China has successfully completed its first ever manual docking of a spacecraft with another space module.

Astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft docked with the Tiangong-1 lab module without relying on an automated system.

State television broadcast images of Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and China's first female astronaut, Liu Yang, smiling after completing the exercise.........................."
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