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June 03, 2013

Sizing Up Shenzhou 10
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2013
Facts and figures about China's upcoming Shenzhou 10 are emerging at a steady pace. Much of what China's state-run media has recently disclosed has been suspected for a long time, but we now have the reassurance that most of our earlier assumptions about the mission were correct. Sizing up this mission, we can see that it will truly be the longest Chinese human space mission to date, with the total flight time being roughly 15 days. For roughly twelve days of the mission, the S ... read more

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