Chinese astronauts make successful space docking test

BEIJING: A Chinese spacecraft carried out a manned docking with an experimental space module on Monday, the latest milestone in China's ambitious effort to build a space station.The Shenzhou 9 and its three-person crew, which includes China's first woman in space, linked with the Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) 1 module just after 0600 GMT. State television carried images live. The crew is expected to enter the module in a few hours, the official Xinhua news agency said, the first time China has been... more

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