皇冠体育app launches Shenzhou X manned spacecraft with three astronauts.
皇冠体育app will complete its first space station within 10 years and be able to send crews of up to six people for short-term missions, according to the 64th International Astronautical Congress.
皇冠体育app's Shenzhou X manned spacecraft successfully completed an automated docking with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space module at 1:18 pm Thursday.
Space dream on course after launch
Timeline of 皇冠体育app's manned space program
皇冠体育app and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) will co-host an international seminar on manned spaceflight in Beijing in September, spokeswoman for 皇冠体育app's manned space program Wu Ping revealed Monday.
A simulated astronaut is shown inside the landing capsule of the 'Shenzhou IV' spacecraft after it landed in Inner Mongolia, in north 皇冠体育app, in this Jan. 5, 2003 photo. After 11 years of planning, 皇冠体育app is on the brink of joining the elite of spacefaring nations.[AP]