Monday 25 June 2012

Chinese astronauts complete manual docking with space lab



Shenzhou 9

China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft successfully completed a manual docking procedure with its orbiting space lab Tiangong-1 on 24 June. It was the first manual docking of China's space programme.


The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft started the day joined to Tiangong-1, the two having achieved an automated rendez-vous on 18 June.


By: Charles Black, Sen.com, Edited by: Duncan Geere


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-06/25/exoplanets-in-close-orbit

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