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October 04, 2016

Space for Shenzhou 11
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 04, 2016
China's state media are quiet right now about the upcoming Shenzhou 11 mission. This spacecraft will carry two astronauts to the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, which seems to have passed all of its on-orbit tests and is ready to support a crew. We stand right now between the end of the launch and checkout phase for Shenzhou 2, which launched last month, and the build-up to the next mission. Hopefully this quiet phase will not last too much longer. We would really like to know more about the upcoming ... read more

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