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China's first manned space docking successful | The first manned space docking of China succeeded Monday afternoon with the coupling of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab module, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center said. The procedure began with the Shenzhou-9, with three astronauts aboard, moving
to a location 52 km away from the Tiangong-1 at noon Monday. The spacecraft then
slowly drifted toward the Tiangong-1 before making contact with the module at
2:07 p.m. The docking was completed in less than eight minutes. The rigidly connected
Shenzhou-9 and Tiangong-1 orbited the Earth at 7.8 km per second. During the process
of automated docking, the astronauts namely Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang
were calm and in good condition, reporting the status of Shenzhou-9 to the ground
frequently, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center . They will enter
the Tiangong-1 lab module later in the day and use it to conduct scientific experiments
and technical tests. China 's first successful unmanned space docking was completed
last year with the docking of the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft and the Tiangong-1.
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