Breaking News: 2012-06-09 14:50 | Xinhua News
CHINA will launch a manned spacecraft later this month to dock for the first time with an orbiting experimental module.
A spokesman quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday the launch will take place in mid-June. The rocket
carrying the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft was moved on Saturday to a launch pad in China's desert northwest.
Xinhua said earlier the flight would carry three crew members who would dock with and live in the Tiangong 1 orbital module.
China's space program has made steady progress since a 2003 launch that made it only the third country to put a man in space
on its own.
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CHINA will launch a manned spacecraft later this month to dock for the first time with an orbiting experimental module.
A spokesman quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday the launch will take place in mid-June. The rocket
carrying the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft was moved on Saturday to a launch pad in China's desert northwest.
Xinhua said earlier the flight would carry three crew members who would dock with and live in the Tiangong 1 orbital module.
China's space program has made steady progress since a 2003 launch that made it only the third country to put a man in space
on its own.
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