The competition heats up: China’s Shenzhou 9 spacecraft has landed safely, and all three astronauts have exited the capsule in good health. More details here.
China’s astronauts successfully undocked, backed away from their space station, and then completed a manual docking early today.
The first manually flown docking by Chinese astronauts is now scheduled for June 24.
The competition heats up: China’s Shenzhou-9 capsule successfully docked with Tiengong-1 today and the crew has entered the space module.
China has successfully put into orbit its first three person crew, including its first female astronaut, on its first manned space docking mission.
We have a date: China’s next manned mission, with one female astronaut aboard, will launch Saturday.
The new colonial movement: China is in its final preparations for the launch of its next manned mission, expected any day now.
This is the key quote from the article:
China aims to build a space station around 2020 based on the space rendezvous and docking technology that is currently being tested. Several components will be sent into space separately before being assembled into a space station through a variety of docking procedures.
China’s next launch of its Shenzhou capsule this summer will be manned.
It seems those rumors weren’t true. Or maybe they were.
Just like in the 1960s with the Soviet Union, the only way to find out what exactly is going on in the Chinese space program is to wait for something to actually happen.
