China is going to launch its next space rocket on between June and August on this year. this spacecraft named Shenzhou-9 spacecraft will be only manned
since China started to launch manned spacecraft on 2003 with Yang Liwei(first chinese to be in space) inside it orbited the Earth fourteen times.
It will attempt to manually dock with the Tiangong-1 (Heavenly Palace) module, which was launched on 29 September as part of China's exploratory preparations for a space lab, the state news agency Xinhua reported.
The new mission will be an opportunity for China to test its docking technology and for the astronauts to conduct experiments, Xinhua said.
China completed its first space rendezvous last year, when the unmanned Shenzhou-8 docked with the Tiangong-1 by remote control. The mission was considered a breakthrough since early US astronauts accomplished a similar feat manually.
Chain aims to put a man on the moon and have a fully-fledged space station by 2020
It will attempt to manually dock with the Tiangong-1 (Heavenly Palace) module, which was launched on 29 September as part of China's exploratory preparations for a space lab, the state news agency Xinhua reported.
The new mission will be an opportunity for China to test its docking technology and for the astronauts to conduct experiments, Xinhua said.
China completed its first space rendezvous last year, when the unmanned Shenzhou-8 docked with the Tiangong-1 by remote control. The mission was considered a breakthrough since early US astronauts accomplished a similar feat manually.
Chain aims to put a man on the moon and have a fully-fledged space station by 2020
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