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Shenzhou-9 docks with Tiangong-1

Started by Waspie_Dwarf , Jun 18 2012 07:37 AM
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#1    Waspie_Dwarf

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 07:37 AM

Shenzhou-9 docks with Tiangong-1


www.bbc.co.uk said:

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.

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:31 AM

Chinese astronauts open door on orbiting research lab


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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).

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 02:20 AM

Great post Waspie !
This is a Work in Progress!

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 11:46 AM

A mission to be proud of so far for China looking forward to a great successful mission to come.

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:46 PM

With the amount of expendable resources I imagine China will have in the future, it's great to see they are investing in space.

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