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  • Chinese astronauts parachute land after mission

    China's first female astronaut and two other crew members emerged smiling from a capsule that returned safely to Earth on Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future space station.


  • Chinese astronauts parachute land after mission

    A Chinese space capsule with three astronauts aboard returned to Earth on Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future permanent station.


  • China capsule returns to Earth from space mission

    A Chinese space capsule with three astronauts aboard returned to Earth on Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future permanent station.


  • Chinese spacecraft docks with orbiting module

    A Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts docked with an orbiting module Monday, another first for the country as it strives to match American and Russian exploits in space.


  • Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (center), Liu Wang (left) and Liu Yang sit inside the capsule after the launch of China's manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on Saturday, June 16, 2012. Shenzhou-9 blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. (Associated Press)

    Chinese spacecraft docks with orbiting module

    A Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts docked with an orbiting module Monday, another first for the country as it strives to match American and Russian exploits in space.


  • Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (center), Liu Wang (left) and Liu Yang sit inside the capsule after the launch of China's manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on Saturday, June 16, 2012. Shenzhou-9 blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. (Associated Press)

    Chinese astronauts plan to dock with orbiting module

    A spacecraft carrying China's first female astronaut and two male crewmates made a planned course change Sunday en route to docking with an orbiting module, state television reported.


  • Chinese spacecraft en route to orbiting module

    A spacecraft carrying China's first female astronaut and two male crew mates made a planned course change Sunday en route to docking with an orbiting module, state television reported.


  • Shenzhou 9 spacecraft rocket launches from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, China, Saturday, June 16, 2012. China sent its first woman and two other astronauts into space Saturday to work on a temporary space station for about a week, in a key step toward becoming only the third nation to set up a permanent base in orbit. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

    China sends its first female astronaut into space

    China launched its most ambitious space mission yet on Saturday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues in an attempt to dock with an orbiting module and work on board for more than a week.


  • China sends first woman into space

    China launched its most ambitious space mission yet on Saturday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues in an attempt to dock with an orbiting module and work on board for more than a week.


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