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**searkibia** · 06-09-2012, 04:01 PM

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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searkibia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	China To Launch Manned Spacecraft 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. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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