China Completes First Space Docking Test

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Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, 2011 @12:45PM
from the you-got-craft-in-my-lab dept.

MrSeb writes "China has joined two space vehicles together in orbit for the first time. The unmanned Shenzhou 8 craft, launched earlier this week, made contact with the Tiangong-1 space lab at 1729 GMT. The union occurred over China itself. Being able to dock two space vehicles together is a necessary capability for China if it wants to start building a space station towards the end of the decade."

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Now, to add to their military base (Score:3, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday November 03, 2011 @01:00PM (#37937902)

Yes, few seem to realize that China's Space program is a miltiary only. They are more military than was USSR's

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