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June 24, 2013

Chinese astronauts manually dock spacecraft
Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2013
Three Chinese astronauts on the country's longest manned space mission on Sunday succeeded in manually docking their spacecraft with a module orbiting Earth, state media said. Docking techniques are a crucial element of China's space programme, which aims to build a station orbiting the planet by 2020. The Shenzhou-10 - "Divine Vessel" - was piloted by mission commander Nie Haisheng, assisted by astronauts Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping, China's second woman in space, according to the Xinhua ... read more

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