China launches unmanned spacecraft
NOV 01, 2011
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.025678
Guardian : With the successful launch of its prototype space-delivery vehicle, Shenzhou 8, China has taken another step toward building its own space station. Within the next two days, Shenzhou 8 should dock with the Tiangong 1 module, which was launched about a month ago . The docking involves some difficult maneuvers that will prove a further test of China’s space readiness. “Mastering the technology of rendezvous and docking will lay a firm foundation for China to build a space station,” said Zhou Jianping, the chief designer of China’s manned space engineering project.
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