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June 26, 2012
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Packing Up Tiangong
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 26, 2012
The first crewed expedition to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is drawing to a close. Soon, the astronauts will board the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft that carried them to Tiangong 1 for the return to Earth. The departure of the crew will wrap up China's most ambitious human space flight to date, but does not mean that work on Tiangong 1 is over. Packing up Tiangong 1 at the end of this first expedition will set the stage for a long program of work in the months ahead, and the arrival of more astrona ... read more

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