China's Shenzhou 9 space crew who will launch on Saturday (June 16) on the nation's first manned docking mission — including China's first female astronaut — will wear a dual dragon-emblazoned mission emblem to represent their spaceflight. full story ![]()

China announced Thursday (Feb. 28) that it will send three astronauts to space this summer on a docking mission to its orbiting lab, according to news reports.
yahoo.com (3 months and 18 days ago)
China's fifth manned mission into space will be a cautious one, focusing on skills needed for longer stays in orbit-including rendezvousing and docking with the Tiangong 1 space station.
palmbeachpost.com (8 days ago)

JIUQUAN, China (AP) - A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country's fifth and longest manned space mission, taking three astronauts to an orbiting space lab from where they will give science lessons to youngsters.
yahoo.com (7 days ago)
JIUQUAN, China (AP) -- A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country's fifth and longest manned space mission, taking three astronauts to an orbiting space lab from where they will give science lessons to youngsters....
ap.org (7 days ago)

Chinese astronauts have succesfully docked with the country's Tiangong-1 space lab in orbit around Earth. The mission is by some distance China's most advanced space mission yet. Three Chinese astronauts ('taikonauts') blasted off from Inner Mongolia on Monday, carried inside a Shenzhou-10 capsule aboard a Long March 2F rocket. The successful launch marked the start of...
huffingtonpost.com (6 days ago)
Three Chinese astronauts are getting ready to enter their home for the next week after their capsule docked with an orbiting state station. State media reported that automated controls guided the Shenzhou 10 space capsule in its successful docking with the Tiangong-1 space lab Thursday. The Xinhua News Agency says the astronauts will later enter the module to conduct...
foxnews.com (6 days ago)
BEIJING — China will send three astronauts on a mission to its orbiting space station this summer as part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth, the manned space program said Thursday.The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft will take flight sometime between June and August, the program said in a statement. It will deliver its crew to the Tiangong 1,...
bostonherald.com (3 months and 20 days ago)
Crew of 3 includes nation's 2nd female astronaut; heading for planned double docking with prototype space station module
cbsnews.com (8 days ago)
BEIJING — China will send three astronauts to its orbiting space station this summer in a mission that's part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth.The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft will take flight sometime between June and August, the country's manned space program said in its statement Thursday. The craft will deliver its crew to the Tiangong...
bostonherald.com (3 months and 20 days ago)
JIUQUAN, China - A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country's fifth and longest manned space mission, taking three astronauts to an orbiting space lab from where they will give science lessons to youngsters. A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou 10 astronaut capsule lifted off as scheduled at 5:38 p.m. (0938 GMT) Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch...
bostonherald.com (7 days ago)
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