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China's first manual space docking successful

2012-06-24 13:24 Xinhua     Web Editor: Wang Fan comment
TV grab taken on June 24, 2012 shows Chinese astronaut Liu Wang, assisted by his teammates Jing Haipeng and Liu Yang, controlling the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft toward the Tiangong-1 space lab module. China's first manual space docking started Sunday noon.

TV grab taken on June 24, 2012 shows Chinese astronaut Liu Wang, assisted by his teammates Jing Haipeng and Liu Yang, controlling the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft toward the Tiangong-1 space lab module. China's first manual space docking started Sunday noon.

A manual docking between Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module has been successful Sunday.

The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab module has been conjoined again.

It means China has completely grasped the space rendezvous and docking technologies and had the fundamental abilities to build a space station.

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