Asia - Voice of America: China Successfully Completes First Space Manned Docking Mission

Asia - Voice of America asia

China Successfully Completes First Space Manned Docking Mission Jun 29th 2012, 10:58 BEIJING -- China is celebrating the safe return of three astronauts, who successfully completed a mission that included the country's first manual docking in space and the first Chinese woman astronaut. Live television images of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft's return were broadcast around China Friday. After re-entering earth's atmosphere, a red and white striped parachute slowed the capsule so that it could safely touch down on its targeted landing site in Inner Mongolia. The ... Media files: 59172E02-4728-471D-803C-518A9588A1E7_cx0_cy7_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions