China manual space docking

 · Beijing: Chinese astronauts today successfully completed the country`s first-ever manual space docking, a critical manoeuvre linking their spacecraft with an .  · China's first manual space docking started Sunday noon, as astronaut Liu Wang, assisted by his teammates Jing Haipeng and Liu Yang, controled the Shenzhou IX spacecraft toward the Tiangong-1 space.  · China, which sent three astronauts into orbit a week ago, said they would conduct the nation's first manual space docking on Sunday -- a key step to building a space station.

Only with manual docking technologies, China is fully able to transfer astronauts and cargo to an orbiter in space. They are a key technical foundation for achieving the country's plan to assemble a manned space station in orbit by China, which sent three astronauts into orbit a week ago, said they would conduct the nation's first manual space docking on Sunday -- a key step to building a space station. Topics Week's top. This still from a CNTV broadcast shows China's Shenzhou 9 space capsule just after it was manually docked to the Tiangong 1 space lab by astronaut Liu Wang on J. Shenzhou 9 Astronauts.

Rendezvous and docking is a key operational technology for human beings to explore and use space. In November and June , China achieved successful. Jun The manual “kiss in space” is the main goal of China's current manned mission, which began over a week ago when the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft lifted. Three Chinese astronauts manually docked their Shenzhou 9 space capsule at the Tiangong 1 orbiting lab Sunday (June 24) in a major step.