China Completes Its First Manned Space Docking 130
This AP story, as carried by the Houston Chronicle, says that the Chinese Shenzhou 9 spacecraft (carrying a crew that includes the country's first female astronaut) has successfully docked with an orbiting module, a first for China's manned space program. However, manned mission or not, the actual docking was actually executed from below: as with previous docking maneuvers, "Monday's docking also was completed by remote control from a ground base in China. A manual docking, to carried out by one of the crew members, is scheduled for later in the mission. Two crew members plan to conduct medical tests and experiments inside the module, while the third will remain in the spacecraft."
"Medical experiments" (Score:0, Funny)
I wonder what kind of "medical tests and experiments" a mixed-gender crew might undergo in microgravity.
Sorry in advance... (Score:5, Funny)
...carrying a crew that includes the country's first female astronaut... A manual docking, to carried out by one of the crew members, is scheduled... Two crew members plan to conduct medical tests and experiments...
...giggity.
Re:Sorry in advance... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sorry in advance... (Score:5, Funny)
There's the "Han Solo" method. Just a question of who shoots first.
Re:In Space... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Significant Milestone (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Significant Milestone (Score:4, Funny)
(if there is such a think in a socialist country -- definitions must be clarified)
I live in a socialist country and I think we have a GDP here.