Waspie_Dwarf Posted June 18, 2012 #1 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Shenzhou-9 docks with Tiangong-1 China's Shenzhou-9 capsule, with its crew of three, has docked with the Tiangong-1 space lab.The coupling of the vehicles occurred just after 14:00 Beijing time (06:00 GMT; 07:00 BST) over China itself. The latest Shenzhou mission was launched on Saturday, taking the nation's first female astronaut into orbit. Thirty-three-year old Liu Yang flies with Commander Jing Haipeng, 46, and fellow flight engineer, Liu Wang, 42. It is China's fourth manned mission and another opportunity to see how far the Asian nation has developed its space technology. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted June 19, 2012 Author #2 Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) Chinese astronauts open door on orbiting research lab Flying on autopilot with three astronauts on-board, China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft glided to a smooth docking with the Tiangong 1 space lab Monday, forming a small-scale space station 200 miles above Earth.Jing Haipeng, Shenzhou 9's veteran commander, was first to enter the laboratory module about three hours after the two vehicles docked at 0607 GMT (2:07 a.m. EDT; 2:07 p.m. Beijing time). Read more... Edited June 19, 2012 by Waspie_Dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted June 19, 2012 #3 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Great post Waspie ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcos anthony toledo Posted June 19, 2012 #4 Share Posted June 19, 2012 A mission to be proud of so far for China looking forward to a great successful mission to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted June 19, 2012 #5 Share Posted June 19, 2012 With the amount of expendable resources I imagine China will have in the future, it's great to see they are investing in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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