China has made history by becoming the first country to send a human into space and return them safely back to Earth.On October 16, 2003, China’s Shenzhou 5 spacecraft carried three Chinese astronauts on a successful docking with the Tiangong 1 space station.This is the first time a manned spacecraft from any nation has docked with another craft in orbit.
China's first female astronaut, Liu Yang, and two male astronauts, Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang, landed safely in Inner Mongolia on Saturday after spending more than a month aboard the Tiangong 1 space station.The mission is seen as a key step in China's ambitious space program. The country's military-backed space program has so far focused on orbiting satellites and sending probes to the moon.
On June 19th, China's Shenzhou 10 spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 space station. The mission is the country's sixth manned space flight and its first since 2008.The Tiangong-1 is a prototype for a larger space station to be launched in 2020. This docking was the first of three planned docking missions between the two vessels, which will last for 30 days each.
China's first female astronaut and two male astronauts landed safely on the space station after docking with the orbiting lab.The three Chinese astronauts docked with the space station at 10:37 p.m., Beijing time, after a 10-hour journey from Earth.China launched its Shenzhou 11 spacecraft early Monday morning to carry out the manned docking mission.China's Shenzhou-11 spacecraft with three astronauts docks with the country's space station, Tiangong-2, in what is China's first such docking.
The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft was launched on October 17 and made the docking with the space station on Monday.The three astronauts are Jing Haipeng, Chen Dong and Liu Wang. The two male astronauts will stay on board for 30 days to conduct scientific experiments while female astronaut will return to Earth after 10 days in space.
